Ben Dellien only had to walk a few steps on the wet evening street to the ditch, where the cyclist he just hit is lying. But the babysitter has to be relieved, an order has to be completed - Ben is under pressure and just keeps going. The next day, while Thorsten Lannert and Sebastian Bootz begin their investigations into hit and run and involuntary manslaughter and put together the first clues, remorse gnaws at Ben. Why didn't he stop? The lawyer and family man is aware that this was a mistake. Nevertheless, he prefers to cover up the traces of the accident rather than turn himself in. After all, that wouldn't bring the dead man back to life, but it would destroy the Delliens' lives, Ben and his wife Johanna agree on that.Vogt pays off, they get closer and closer to Ben. They also run into Laura Rensing, who works at a car wash and could probably help them if she were willing to testify. Ben also fears that Laura has drawn her conclusions and is trying to unobtrusively influence her in his favour. But Laura doesn't want to be drawn into the case if possible and seems to be insensitive to pressure, no matter from which side...
It's the situation motorists fear: a moment of inattention, a distraction - and an irreparable accident has happened. In "Tatort - The Murderer in Me" author and director Niki Stein confronts the Stuttgart inspectors Lannert and Bootz, the inattentive driver and the spectators with this situation and poses the question of how to deal with the consequences.