Look up a Vermont 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 Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles? No — Jerk Alert filings are community records between drivers. They never reach the Vermont Department 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.
Vermont 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 Vermont-specific line is listed here. We publish a patrol code only when a state police or DOT page carries it.
2. Reporting to Vermont 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 Vermont
- The non-emergency line of the Vermont municipal police department, county sheriff’s office or Vermont State Police barracks 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
By letter — Vermont publishes no citizen form. You write to the unit below.
Who can file: Family members, physicians and public safety officers are the people the DMV lists; its guidance is addressed to neighbours and friends as well, and it does not state that anyone is excluded.
Administrative fitness process
- Agency
- Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles
- Unit
- Driver Improvement / Medical
- Where to send
- Vermont DMV, 120 State Street, Montpelier VT 05603-0001
- Contact
- 802-828-2000 · fax 802-828-2098 · DMV Contact Form at dmv.vermont.gov/contact
What information do I need to report a driver?
- Other triggers are internal: information in a licence renewal application, a driving record, or a disabled parking placard application.
- Written requests may be submitted by mail or through the DMV Contact Form online.
- Requests should include as much of the following as possible: the driver's name; date of birth (if not known, the driver's approximate age); address; the licence plate number(s) of the driver's vehicle(s); your name; your contact information (mailing address and phone number); your relationship with the driver; and the reason for wanting a re-examination, which must be specific and should include details of any personal observations.
- There is no citizen form. The DMV's only re-examination request form, VS-149 Driver Evaluation Recommendation, is for use by law enforcement — it is signed by an officer. Form VS-113 Medical Evaluation Report is completed by a licensed physician. A member of the public writes a letter or uses the DMV Contact Form.
The DMV frames the request as a last resort: it should follow evaluations and recommendations that the driver has refused to act on.
Will the driver find out who reported them?
The DMV states it plainly: 'A driver referred for re-examination has the right to know who recommended them for review. Requests for re-examination can not be submitted anonymously.' Expect the driver to learn your name.
What can the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles do after a report?
- The re-examination is an evaluation by a DMV examiner: a vision test and a driving test, with a written test if the circumstances call for it.
- Following re-examination the examiner decides whether to take action on driving privileges, such as restrictions, suspension or revocation.
Statutory authority: 23 V.S.A. § 636 — the Commissioner may require a special examination on good cause to believe a licence holder is not qualified
What this route can and cannot do
This is a fitness-to-drive referral, not a bad-driving complaint. Vermont's DMV is unusually accommodating to a witness who has only a plate: its checklist accepts an approximate age in place of a date of birth and asks for the plate number. It still asks for your name, your relationship to the driver and specific personal observations, and the driver may learn who wrote.
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