The embodiment of the invention provides a method and apparatus for recording an illegal low-speed driving behavior of a motor vehicle. The method comprises: whether a motor vehicle enters a motor vehicle identification area is determined; a first image of a motor vehicle with a license plate number is shot, the motor vehicle is numbered, the motor vehicle is marked with the number and the drivingtrack of the motor vehicle is tracked synchronously, and a video image recording device corresponding to the number is started to record a video image of the driving track of the motor vehicle; whether the driving speed of the motor vehicle is less than a preset minimum limit speed is determined; whether a first distance between the motor vehicle and a vehicle in front of the motor vehicle is larger than a preset first distance threshold is determined; if so, a second image of driving of the motor vehicle marked with the number at a speed lower than the minimum limit speed is intercepted fromthe video image; and the first image, the second image, and the video image are sent to an illegal behavior database. Therefore, a problem of recording an illegal low-speed driving behavior at any position in real time within a monitoring range is solved.