Look up a Georgia 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 Georgia Department of Driver Services? No — Jerk Alert filings are community records between drivers. They never reach the Georgia Department of Driver Services, 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.
Georgia 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.
- *GSP (*477) — Georgia State Patrol. Highway patrol line for dangerous driving as it happens.
It reaches a dispatcher who may send a trooper to a driver still on the road — use it while the driving is happening, and 911 for an immediate danger. The Department of Public Safety describes it this way: motorists with cellular phones may report dangerous drivers by calling Star G-S-P (*477), the call is routed to the closest Georgia State Patrol post, and the service is free. The programme has run since 1994. DPS publishes the code in its news releases rather than on a current service page, so treat it as long-standing rather than freshly confirmed.
2. Reporting to Georgia 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 Georgia
- The non-emergency line of the Georgia municipal police department or county sheriff’s office 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 accessYes — citizens can report dangerous drivers
A named form a member of the public can file with the licensing agency.
Who can file: “A non-anonymous relative, the court, law enforcement officer, judge, doctor, or concerned citizen” — DDS's page. An unrelated witness uses the Concerned Citizen section of DDS-270, which has a relationship-to-driver field.
Administrative fitness process
- Agency
- Georgia Department of Driver Services
- Unit
- Medical Review Unit
- Form
- DDS-270 (6/25) — Request for Medical Review (DDS lists the same download as 'Request for Driver Review (DDS 270)')
- Where to send
- Georgia Department of Driver Services, Medical Review Unit, P.O. Box 80447, Conyers GA 30013
- Contact
- Fax (770) 344-3629, printed in the form's header, or (770) 918-6266, printed in its mailing instructions — both are on DDS-270 (6/25). DDS publishes no phone number or email address for the Medical Review Unit, and its Contact Us page states that the department has no public contact email, so mail and fax are the published ways in.
What information do I need to report a driver?
- A letter or the form both work. DDS says a medical review is required when it receives written correspondence — either a letter or the Request for Driver Review (DDS 270) — about the diminished driving ability of a licence holder.
- The form asks for the driver's name, birthdate, driver's licence number, telephone number and home and mailing addresses, and for your concern. There is no field for a licence plate.
- You give your own name, telephone number and mailing address, then sign and date this certification: 'Based on my observation and/or knowledge, I certify or declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Georgia that the information provided is true and correct and is in the interest of public safety.'
- Mail or fax the completed request to the Medical Review Unit. DDS says it evaluates medical history, physical health and any other factors that could affect the ability to operate a motor vehicle safely, and that age alone cannot be a determining factor.
Will the driver find out who reported them?
Georgia does not accept anonymous reports. The form states 'Anonymous requests will not be considered', and you sign under penalty of perjury, so DDS knows who filed. You will not be told what came of it — the form says that, due to confidentiality, DDS cannot share a final determination with you. Nothing DDS publishes says that a requester may ask for confidentiality, or whether the driver is told who filed the request.
What can the Georgia Department of Driver Services do after a report?
- On receiving a Request for Driver Review, DDS must investigate whether the driver is still qualified to be licensed. If the investigation does not substantiate the allegation, no further action is taken.
- DDS sends the driver the Medical Form (DS-287) and/or the Vision Report Form (DDS-MR-274), requiring a medical evaluation by a doctor.
- If the driver does not comply within 30 days they receive a revocation notice, which states that driving privileges will be revoked in 30 days for medical reasons and that they may request a hearing within 15 days of receiving it.
- If the doctor clears the driver, DDS clears the driving record of any notation relating to the original medical request; no action is taken and no change is made to their driving privileges.
- If the driver is told to retest and does not do so within the time allowed, they are revoked.
- A driver who was revoked and later cleared to drive, but who still has to retake the knowledge and road tests, is sent a letter to visit a Customer Service Center for retesting.
- Where doctors send conflicting medical reports, DDS sends the file to the DDS Medical Advisory Board, which makes a recommendation; DDS renders the final decision on whether the driver is fit to drive.
Statutory authority: O.C.G.A. § 40-5-59 — the department, having good cause to believe a licensed driver is incompetent or otherwise not qualified, requires an examination and may then revoke the licence, leave it in place, or issue it subject to restrictions; refusal or neglect to submit to the examination is itself grounds for revocation. The procedure is Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 375-3-5-.09 (medical review procedures for persons believed to be incompetent or unqualified), which names form DDS-270.
What this route can and cannot do
A fitness-to-drive referral, not a bad-driving complaint: it is built around a medical, cognitive or physical condition and asks for the driver’s name and date of birth, which a plate number does not give you.
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