Look up a Utah 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 Utah Department of Public Safety? No — Jerk Alert filings are community records between drivers. They never reach the Utah Department of Public Safety, 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.
Utah 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 Utah-specific line is listed here. We publish a patrol code only when a state police or DOT page carries it.
2. Reporting to Utah 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 Utah
- The non-emergency line of the Utah 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 family member, neighbour or concerned citizen — the form's own audience; its relationship field reads “Relationship (if any)”. Health care professionals and law enforcement or court officials use DL117E instead.
Administrative fitness process
- Agency
- Utah Department of Public Safety
- Unit
- Driver License Division
- Form
- Unsafe Driver Review (DI 117, Rev. 8.26)
- Where to send
- Utah Driver License Division, PO Box 144501, Salt Lake City UT 84114-4501 (the address printed on the form; the Division's office is at 4315 S 2700 W Suite 2600, Taylorsville UT 84129)
- Contact
- dlmedical@utah.gov · fax 801.957.8698 · 801.965.4437 · toll-free 888.353.4224
What information do I need to report a driver?
- The trigger is a physical, mental or emotional impairment that may present a threat to the person or others on the highways.
- It can also be used to report drivers who may be unsafe because of frequent accidents, frequent disregard for traffic laws, or any observed driving actions affecting safety. The form's summary asks you to describe the actions or known impairments you have observed, and to be specific.
- Identify the driver by name and date of birth, and give their Utah licence number or driving privilege card number.
- The form must be notarised — it carries a notarial certificate on its face, and the Division cannot process the review without it.
- You sign to say the statement is true and correct to the best of your knowledge. Knowingly giving a written false statement may be punishable as a misdemeanour (UCA § 76-8-504), and a notification made with the intent to annoy, intimidate or harass the person it is about may be charged as an infraction (UCA § 53-3-305(5)).
- The Division warns that fraudulent submission by someone other than a police officer or court official may result in criminal and administrative action.
Will the driver find out who reported them?
The Division will not disclose the identity of the person notifying it, and the form gives the statutory basis: a notification about a physical, mental or emotional impairment is a protected record under Utah's Government Records Access and Management Act (Title 63G, chapter 2), and the identity of the person notifying the Division shall not be disclosed by the Division. The form's face prints no hearing exception and no court-order carve-out.
The law protects you for reporting. Utah puts it on the form: "Any person who, in good faith, reports a driver who appears to present an imminent threat to driving safety shall have immunity from any damages claimed as a result of doing so" (UCA § 53-3-303). It is immunity from damages, it turns on good faith, and it is written about a driver who appears to present an imminent threat.
What can the Utah Department of Public Safety do after a report?
- The driver may be required to complete a driver review: a written knowledge test, a vision exam and a driving skills test.
- The driver may also be required to submit a Functional Ability Evaluation Medical Report or a Certificate of Visual Examination completed by a health care professional or vision specialist.
- After review the driver may be granted a restricted driving privilege, or denied the privilege if they cannot meet minimum testing standards.
Statutory authority: Utah Code Ann. § 53-3-303 (good-faith immunity); § 53-3-305(5) (notification made to annoy, intimidate or harass); § 76-8-504 (false written statement); Title 63G, chapter 2 (GRAMA — the notification is a protected record).
What this route can and cannot do
Utah is one of the few states whose process covers observed driving behaviour and not only medical impairment — but it is still a fitness-to-drive referral: it asks for the driver’s name and date of birth, which a plate number does not give you, and its remedy is a competence re-test that a capable but aggressive driver passes.
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