Checked 13 September 2026 · 5 sources · Jerk Alert LLC’s 51-location study
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.
Does a Jerk Alert report reach the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles? No — Jerk Alert filings are community records between drivers. They never reach the West Virginia Division 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.
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.
Public reporting accessNo — only immediate family, a caretaker, a physician or DMV staff can report a driver
The route exists, but only for people connected to the driver.
Who can file: A DMV employee, a physician, a caretaker, or a member of the driver's immediate family (spouse, sibling, parent, son or daughter, caretaker, or power of attorney with documentation) — the DMV's published list; a law enforcement officer who personally observes an unsafe driver must report it. A friend, a neighbour or an unrelated witness is not on the list.
The details, for the people West Virginia allows to file.
Not anonymous, and West Virginia gives its reason. The DMV's FAQ asks “Can I report someone anonymously?” and answers: “No. A driver has a right to know who is questioning their driving ability. This is also to help ensure people aren't being reported through retaliation or as a nuisance.” The form requires your name, your relationship to the driver and your signature. Expect the driver to learn who reported them — the state treats that as the point, not a side effect.
Statutory authority: W. Va. Code § 17B-3-7 — the Division, having good cause to believe a licensed driver is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed, may on at least five days' written notice require an examination; on its conclusion it may suspend or revoke the licence, permit the driver to keep it, or issue a restricted licence under § 17B-2-10; refusal or neglect to submit is ground for suspension or revocation. W. Va. Code R. § 91-5-9 defines the 'good cause' the statute requires: § 9.2.a a licensed medical practitioner's written professional opinion; § 9.2.b 'a written, reasoned opinion from an adult relative or caregiver with an immediate knowledge of the licensee's driving ability or medical condition' — on which the Division may not impose an immediate suspension until a medical review or driving re-examination is completed; § 9.2.c a rehabilitation-programme employee's notice; § 9.2.d a law-enforcement officer's, court officer's or Division employee's notice. Notice of re-examination goes by certified or registered mail (§ 9.3); the re-examination has up to four parts — physician's medical report, vision test and interview, a 70%-pass written test, and a driving skills test (§ 9.4); failing any part brings a suspension effective four days after the order (§ 9.5), with retests after 30 days, then 60 days, then six months, and four consecutive failures grounds for permanent revocation (§§ 9.6–9.7)
West Virginia is one of 18 of 51 US jurisdictions where a witness unrelated to the driver has no confirmed way to report them to the licensing agency (the 51-location study). That gap is one reason Jerk Alert exists.
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