A representative of the commedia all'italiana genre, it tells the story of a traffic policeman and the injustice he endures for daring to enforce the law at the expense of people in power.

After fiercely insisting with the town's Mayor and by leveraging his veteran status, Otello eventually obtains a position with the local traffic police.

He indulges in pleasantries with the actress, inviting her for coffee and opting not to fine her for missing her driving license and car documents.

Following the incident and under political pressure, the Mayor berates Otello for tarnishing the public image of the police force, threatening to fire him.

At the next day's appeal hearing, Otello relents and exonerates the Mayor, pretending he unduly fined him out of a faulty odometer reading and also withdrawing his candidacy.