text: Gun-wielding motorist snapped by cool passenger . BERLIN 1996-08-28 A motorist threatened a fellow driver with a starting pistol as he overtook him illegally in the inside lane on a motorway near Berlin and was photographed in the act by the driver 's wife , prosecutors said on Wednesday . Prosecutors in the city of Potsdam said the 32-year-old man drew alongside the other car at about 110 kph ( 70 mph ) and aimed his pistol at the driver . But the driver 's wife kept her nerve , got out her camera and photographed him . The man has been charged with dangerous driving , coercion and threatening behaviour .