Watch These Cops Confront A Tesla Owner Because Of Kids In Third-Row Seats

Believe it or not you can legally fit up to seven people in a Tesla Model S

If you option out a Tesla Model S with rearward facing seats, you can place two small children facing outback (or two very brave small adults.) According to Inside EV’s on their post earlier today (Nov. 5, 2015) a pair of police officers didn’t know this and pulled over a Tesla Model S on reports that there were a couple of kids stuffed into the back of the Tesla.

The offending EV made its way home and the entire incident was captured on the owners home camera. Check out that incident and the hilarious confrontation below. And the camera is actually equipped with video so we get to hear the entire conversation in crystal clear audio.

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The optional seats cost just $1500 and thanks to a sizeable storage boot in the rear because there’s no gas tank, kids can dangle their feet and not have to be restrained by a high floor.

In the video you can clearly hear the police going through proper protocol holding back laughs as he asks the owners to “open up the trunk” because they had gotten reports of” children stuck in a trunk.” Like a true boss, the owner hits the remote control button and the rear glass slides up. Realizing his mistake, the policeman goes from confusion to clear fandom for the Tesla. “Are their seats in there? Nice!”

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Supposedly a couple of nosy citizens witnessed this couple place two children in the back of the Tesla and jumped to conclusions. An honest mistake for sure. If they were doing it in a hurry, we could understand the confusion, but if the children were clearly having fun then it’s pretty obvious no funny business was going down. It also doesn’t help that the rear seats utilize a five-point harness, further adding to the paranoia that they’re being secured and kidnapped.

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