Can I report a dangerous driver in Kentucky while they are still on the road?

Call 911. Kentucky publishes no separate patrol code.

It already happened — who takes the report?

The non-emergency line of your local Kentucky police.

In danger right now? Call 911. Do not use this site or the app while you are driving.

Reporting a bad driver in Kentucky

Checked 13 September 2026 · 5 sources · Jerk Alert LLC’s 51-location study

Active dangerCan I report a dangerous driver in Kentucky while they are still on the road?: Call 911.
Kentucky publishes no separate patrol code.Details in section 1
Recent IncidentIt already happened — who takes the report?: The non-emergency line of your local Kentucky police.Details in section 2
Licence reviewCan I report a dangerous driver to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet?: Yes — citizens can report dangerous driversDetails in section 3

Look up a Kentucky 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 Kentucky Transportation Cabinet? No — Jerk Alert filings are community records between drivers. They never reach the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, 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.

Kentucky 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 Kentucky-specific line is listed here. We publish a patrol code only when a state police or DOT page carries it.

2. Reporting to Kentucky 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 Kentucky

The non-emergency line of the Kentucky 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: Physicians, city or county officials, police, or citizens familiar with a driver's abilities. A citizen's Medical Review Affidavit (TC 94-182) needs two signers and a notary.

Administrative fitness process

Agency: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Unit: Division of Driver Licensing — Medical Review Board
Form: Medical Review Affidavit (Form TC 94-182) — in the TC 94 forms library
Where to send: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Driver Licensing (Medical Review), 200 Mero Street, Frankfort KY 40622
Contact: fax (502) 564-0109

What information do I need to report a driver?

Where the information is filed by citizens, two people and a notary must sign the affidavit — the form's own instruction, printed in capitals on its face.
Complete the Medical Review Board Affidavit and mail it to the Transportation Cabinet as directed on the form.

Will the driver find out who reported them?

Kentucky does not accept anonymous reports, and the affidavit is not a confidential record. The form itself warns you of this. Under state open records guidelines and Cabinet policy, the driver you report can request and receive a copy of it — including the names and signatures of everyone who filed it.

What can the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet do after a report?

The Medical Review Board — ophthalmologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and rehabilitation specialists — advises the Division of Driver Licensing on drivers reported to it. A quorum is at least three physicians licensed in Kentucky.
Reports may also come from a law enforcement officer or Kentucky State Police licence examiner who observed erratic or dangerous driving, or from a commonwealth attorney, county attorney, county clerk, circuit clerk, sheriff or judge.
The Cabinet must withhold driving privileges from a person whose mental or physical condition makes driving unsafe (KRS 186.570), and a driver with a seizure condition must be seizure-free for 90 days.
Decisions may rest on a driving examination or evaluation by the Kentucky State Police or a rehabilitation specialist, or on the Board's recommendation; privileges may be restricted in any manner the department deems necessary.

Statutory authority: KRS 186.444, 186.570 and 186.411; 601 KAR 13:090 and 601 KAR 13:100.

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.