It is based upon a Saturday Evening Post short story "The Bear Trap" by Byron Morgan.

[2][3][4] As described in a film magazine,[5] "Toodles" Walton (Reid), former automobile racer, has promised his wife Dorothy (Little) that he will refrain from speeding.

But he gives into temptation and, through the influence of his father-in-law Mr. Ward (Roberts), the judge deprives him of the right to pilot a car for six months.

He nearly runs over and kills his child, his wife leaves him, and his father-in-law's automobile business, of which he is manager, is being plotted against by its competitors.

A midnight auto race, a collision, and an exciting finish puts Toodles in San Francisco, where his child is ill.