An embarrassing trip down Calgary's transit line is a lesson one out-of-town driver won't soon forget, especially since it was caught on video.

Dan Duplessis tweeted the video Monday afternoon.

You are now leaving the free fare zone.<a href="https://twitter.com/calgarytransit">@calgarytransit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/yyc?src=hash">#yyc</a> <a href="https://t.co/ilEggERvy5">pic.twitter.com/ilEggERvy5</a> —@cutieincowtown

"There was a Calgary Transit driver that came up fairly quickly behind him obviously in the video honking his horn, trying to get him to stop, but he went into the vehicle trap," he said.

"A Mercedes is a pretty low-riding car, but he managed to get through it — spun the tires a bit and stuff like that."

The rental vehicle had Ontario plates, and the driver was not from Calgary. He was shortly pulled over by Calgary Transit for the tricky manoeuvre.

Calgary Transit said in the end, the decision was made not to charge the male driver, but they did take his information in case there was damage to the tracks.

The incident happened where the Red Line splits from the Blue Line, just past the City Hall LRT station.

"Where this vehicle went into is called the interlocking at city hall, so it switches there," said Ron Collins with Calgary Transit, adding that there are multiple signs in the area indicating the road is closed to vehicle traffic.

"He shouldn't be driving in that. It's pretty simple."