Look up any Maine plate on Jerk Alert to see the driving reports filed against it and its current Erk Score. Reports are submitted by drivers who saw the incident — a plate, a location, one of 25 fixed categories and a severity from 1 to 5. No owner lookup, and no way to find out who anyone is.
The current Maine plate, as Jerk Alert renders it.
Letters and numbers only. A plate with no reports comes back clean — that is the common result, and it is not an error.
Newest first. Hidden and deleted reports are excluded. Get the app to see reports near you as they are filed.
Call 911. A driver who is an active danger to other people is a police matter, and no app is a substitute for that call. Do not follow the vehicle, and do not try to get closer to read the plate.
Your local police department’s non-emergency line takes reports of dangerous driving that has already happened. What each agency will act on varies, and a report generally needs the plate, the location, the time, and what you saw.
There is no citizen form in Maine. The route is a letter you write yourself, sent to the unit below.
Two different protections, and Maine is unusually clear about both. On confidentiality: every effort will be made to maintain the confidentiality of the person making the report, but THIS CANNOT BE GUARANTEED — a report can still be reached by subpoena or open-records disclosure under Maine's Freedom of Access Act. Reports to the Medical Advisory Board are classified confidential for administrative use under § 1258(7), but that classification is what yields in a judicial appeal or a contested administrative proceeding. On liability: 29-A M.R.S. § 1258(6) gives immunity from criminal and civil liability to a physician OR OTHER PERSON who, in good faith, reports an impairment that appears to present an imminent threat to driving safety.
The law protects you for reporting. ANY CITIZEN in the State who, in good faith, submits a report of a driver's impairment is IMMUNE FROM CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY for making the report.
This is a fitness-to-drive referral, not a bad-driving complaint. It is built around a medical, cognitive or physical condition, and it asks for the driver’s name and date of birth — which a witness holding only a plate number does not have. Reporting a stranger who tailgated you is not what this channel is for.
Filing on Jerk Alert takes about ten seconds and does not replace contacting the authorities. Pick the plate and state, choose the location from the list, tap one of 25 categories, and set a severity from 1 to 5. There is nothing to type, so a report is a fact pattern rather than an account.
If you are in immediate danger, call 911. Jerk Alert is a record, not an emergency service, and the Terms prohibit following, approaching, or identifying another driver.
An Erk Score is a plate’s running rating from 0.0 to 5.0, computed from the reports filed against it and weighted by whether the reporter is verified. Endorsements from other drivers are counted on the report itself and do not change the score. Deleted and hidden reports are excluded, so a score only reflects reports currently standing.
A plate with no reports has no score.
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