August 16, 2025 at 8:22 am

A Man Was Tailgating Behind Their Car, So They Slowed Down And Let Him Pass To Make Sure A Traffic Camera Would Catch Him Speeding

by Matthew Gilligan

angry man in his car

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It’s always a good idea to know where the speed traps and traffic cameras are in your area!

Trust me on this one, folks…

And the person who wrote this story on Reddit knows exactly what I’m talking about!

Check out how they got some petty revenge on a rude driver.

Get started now!

Gotta go fast.

“We (my mum, my grandma and me (15)) were driving back from mushroom foraging with a big haul and generally rather happy.

But then HE appeared.

I’ll call him Mr.

Come on, man!

He started tailgating us. HARD. I am fairly certain he would have crashed into us if we suddenly stopped. (not a car person, dunno how good that cars brakes were).

He followed us for at least 10 kilometers, it was a one lane land road with no real way to overtake or go to the side to do so.

My mom was fuming MAD. She is one of the types that drives speed limit.

Period.

I mean speed limit.

If it is 50 km/h then she will drive either that or 48. So very close to it.

It was time to teach this guy a lesson.

We were nearing a city and I got a dirty idea.

Given that we drive this route a lot during mushroom season I knew there were at least 4 speed cameras and I said to mom: Just drive slower (around 30) on the parking spots (they were empty for at least a kilometer. no chance of hitting anything).

He fell for it!

Mr. took the bait overtook us with at least 70 (in a 50 kmh zone) and promptly got photographed.

We laughed. Oh how we laughed.

I certainly pointed at this person and laughed.

I know he saw it.

I saw it in his rear view mirror when he slowed down to 40 and slowed us down, not that we complained.

We were very entertained.

Given the time (and place, Germany) I can confidently say he was not in the soft zone (10km/h too much) and got a couple of points on his drivers license (too many points you lose your license).”

Let’s see what readers had to say about this.

This person shared a story.

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Another Reddit user wasn’t buying it.

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This individual shared their thoughts.

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That was an expensive lesson for driving like a jerk!

Serves him right.

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