Look up a Delaware plate
See whether other drivers have filed reports against a plate.
A plate with no reports comes back clean — that is the common result, and it is not an error.
Avoidance & safety rules
- Do not follow or pursue the vehicle, under any circumstances.
- Do not try to read or photograph the plate if doing so means getting closer or driving unsafely.
- Do not engage. No gestures, no eye contact, no reply to an aggressive driver.
- Keep your distance and let them pass. Pull over somewhere public before you make a call, or have a passenger call.
- Note details only if it is safe: make, model and colour, full or partial plate, direction of travel, and the exact location or mile marker.
Does a Jerk Alert report reach the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles? No — Jerk Alert filings are community records between drivers. They never reach the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, any other government body, or law enforcement, and they do not replace the calls in sections 1 and 2. If you are in danger, call 911. The Terms prohibit following, approaching, or identifying another driver on any Jerk Alert platform.
Delaware bad driver reporting & safety guide
1. If it is happening now immediate danger
Emergency hotlines
- 911 — for a driver who is an active danger to other people right now. That is a police matter, and no app is a substitute for the call.
- No Delaware-specific line is listed here. We publish a patrol code only when a state police or DOT page carries it.
2. Reporting to Delaware law enforcement after the fact
Neither the hotlines above nor anything in this section is the licence-review route in section 3, and nothing filed on Jerk Alert reaches any of them.
Who takes the report in Delaware
- The non-emergency line of the Delaware municipal or county police department, or the Delaware State Police with jurisdiction where it happened takes reports of dangerous driving that has already happened.
- Bring: the plate (full or partial) and state, the vehicle’s make, model and colour, the location, the date and time, the direction of travel, and what you saw.
- Expect a record rather than a ticket. An officer who did not witness the driving usually cannot cite for it, and what each agency acts on varies.
3. State DMV & licensing agency review
Public reporting accessNo — only immediate family, police or healthcare practitioners can report a driver
The route exists, but only for people connected to the driver.
Who can file: Licensed healthcare practitioners (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants), immediate family members, and law enforcement officers — 21 Del. C. § 2714. An unrelated member of the public is not among them.
Administrative fitness process
The details, for the people Delaware allows to file.
- Agency
- Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles
- Unit
- DMV Medical Section
- Form
- Driver Re-Examination Request — Licensed Practitioner or Immediate Family Member (MV-352, Rev. 10/2024)
- Where to send
- Medical Records Section — Driver Improvement Unit, PO Box 698, Dover DE 19903-0698
- Contact
- dmvmedicalsection@delaware.gov · (302) 744-2507 · fax (302) 739-5667
What information do I need to report a driver?
- Family members and physicians use Form MV-352. Law enforcement uses Form MV-351. Form MV-346 is the physician's findings form, used when a driver is required to undergo a follow-up medical review.
- Anonymous submissions are not accepted.
Will the driver find out who reported them?
Delaware's form gives a court-order standard, printed directly above the block where you write your name: by law the information below is confidential and will not be disclosed unless under court order. It covers your name, signature, relationship and phone number. The request cannot be anonymous — the DMV knows who filed — but the driver is not told.
What can the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles do after a report?
- A driver subject to loss of consciousness or another impairing condition will not be licensed unless the Division receives a medical report (MV-346) from their practitioner stating the condition is sufficiently controlled.
- Such drivers must furnish a new medical report every year, by the last day of their birthday month.
- Failure to provide a favourable medical report results in suspension; reinstatement requires a favourable report and a $50 fee.
Statutory authority: 21 Del. C. § 2714.
Do doctors have to report?
On the physician side, Delaware changed in August 2024 from mandatory to discretionary reporting: the DMV no longer requires mandatory reporting of medical conditions, and licensed practitioners are encouraged rather than required to report patients who may be dangerous behind the wheel. Physicians, PAs and APRNs now use clinical judgement case by case. That change does not alter who may file a re-examination request.
Delaware is one of 18 of 51 US jurisdictions where a witness unrelated to the driver has no confirmed way to report them to the licensing agency (the 51-location study). That gap is one reason Jerk Alert exists.
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