Werner Freese (Ingo Naujoks) causes a serious accident on the motorway: A young woman is seriously injured and dies shortly afterwards in hospital, but Freese simply drives on. Only his son Marcel (Max Riemelt) is aware of the consequences. But he doesn’t dare to stand up to his tyrannical father. Tom Kranich (René Steinke) and Semir Gerkhan (Erdoðan Atalay), the two commissioners of the Kripo Autobahn, quickly find out about Freese. His car has a treacherous scratch on its fender.

Freese, who has just been dismissed without notice, is convicted. And he is furiously jealous, because Tom recognizes his childhood love in his wife Isabell (Marion Mitterhammer). Apart from rage, Freese becomes a ticking time bomb. And not only that: He is now also armed and has Marcel under his control.