BadDrivr Community Guidelines

Last updated: 2026-07-12

Welcome to BadDrivr. BadDrivr gives road rage somewhere to go. Someone drove like your life was optional, the world told you to swallow it, and here you don't have to: you caught the moment on camera, you post the clip, the plate goes on the record, and you drive away. That release is the start, not the end. The same post becomes one point on a live map of where dangerous driving actually happens, so your whole community can see it and your own roads get a little clearer. These guidelines keep that honest and keep everyone in it (posters, viewers, and the plates that end up on file) protected.

The one rule: rage at the drive, not the driver

Everything in this document comes down to a single rule, and it is the only one that really counts:

Rage at the drive, not the driver.

Go after what happened, never who did it. The driving is fair game: be as angry about it as you actually are. The person is off-limits: no names, no addresses, no phone numbers, no employers or schools, no "let's find this guy," no organizing others to pile on, no showing up anywhere. We are a release valve, not a mob.

This is not a slogan we bolted on. It is the same promise the app keeps in its plumbing:

The plate is the subject. Not the person. Reports are filed against plates (public identifiers on public roads), not the humans behind the wheel. The app is an on-ramp to a shared map, not a weapon. Use it that way.

Most viewers don't see the real plate. When you post a clip, the real plate text reaches only you (the reporter, on your own reports), the plate's claimer, and that claimer's friends. Everyone else sees a row of stars where the plate would be: no plate characters at all, real or fake. Behind the scenes, reports are still grouped by plate, so a plate's record and report count stay intact without showing anyone the plate text. If a plate is yours, claiming it in the app is what unlocks the real thing: you see every report about your plate, and friends you accept see the real plate on those reports. Friending a reporter does not reveal the plates on their reports.

So the deal is symmetrical. We mask the plate and hide the person in the data; you keep the person out of your captions and comments. We hold up our half in code. You hold up yours in what you post.

Using BadDrivr means agreeing to follow these rules. Break them and your content can be removed, your account can be suspended, and serious violations can get you permanently banned.

What BadDrivr is for

BadDrivr is for posting driving incidents you personally witnessed and caught on camera: things like running red lights, cutting people off, tailgating, unsafe lane changes, or parking in a way that blocks others. You film it on your dashcam, pick the incident type, tag the plate, and the clip joins the record.

The point is to get the moment off your chest and onto the record, where it also helps map the roads. Not to find someone. Not to confront someone. Not to make them pay. You rage at the drive, the plate keeps the record, the map gets a little smarter, and you drive away.

What BadDrivr is not for

BadDrivr is not a place for:

Going after a person instead of a drive: anything aimed at the human behind the wheel rather than the driving itself
Personal grudges, ex-partners, neighbors, or anyone you're trying to get back at
Anything that isn't a driving incident (parking disputes unrelated to dangerous behavior, general disagreements, random footage)
Stalking, tracking, or figuring out where someone lives or works
Organizing or joining a pile-on against a specific plate, driver, or business
Posting footage you didn't record yourself, or footage that's been edited to mislead
Anything involving minors as a target
Sexual content, graphic violence, or content meant to shock rather than document

The rules

Rage at the drive, not the driver

This is the rule the others hang off of. Aim everything at the driving and the moment, never at the person.

Go after the drive. The dangerous merge, the brake-check, the red light they blew. That is what the record is for, and you can be as angry about it as you really are.
Never go after the driver. No names, no addresses, no phone numbers, no employers, no schools, no social handles. No "find this guy," no "everyone go," no DMs to coordinate. No retaliation, no hunting, no showing up.
Assume the driver might see your report. Write it like the goal is to put the moment down, not to start round two.

Report honestly

Report only what you actually saw. Don't fabricate incidents, exaggerate what happened, or pick an incident type that doesn't match the behavior in your video.
Enter the correct license plate. Typos happen, so double-check before submitting. Knowingly entering a plate that isn't in your video, or picking a stranger's plate to target them, is a serious violation.
Pick the right state. The state dropdown defaults to Florida. If your incident happened elsewhere, change it. A wrong state pins your report on someone who may not even own a car.
Don't use BadDrivr as a weapon. If your goal is to harass a specific person, not to put a driving incident on the record, you're in the wrong app.

Protect people's privacy

Don't post identifying information about drivers. What you can see on the vehicle (plate, make, model, color) is fair game. Close-ups of the driver's face, home addresses, names, workplaces, phone numbers, or social media handles are not.
Don't track people. Using report locations, times, or Plate Record maps to figure out where someone lives, works, or goes regularly is stalking. We treat it that way.
Don't coordinate mass-reports. Organizing a group to pile on a single plate, driver, or business to make it look worse than it is, that's brigading. We detect it and remove it.
Be careful about audio. Dashcam video often captures audio inside your vehicle or from passersby. Some states require all-party consent to record audio. You're responsible for knowing the rules where you drive.

Don't impersonate

One account per person. No sock puppets, no alts, no fake accounts to boost your own reports or dogpile someone else's.
Claim only plates you own. The plate response feature lets vehicle owners post a statement under their plate's record. Claiming a plate that isn't yours is identity fraud, not a prank.
No bots or automation. Don't script the app, don't farm Hawks with automated tools, don't manipulate the leaderboards.

Be decent in comments

Disagree with the report, not with the person. "That wasn't actually unsafe" is fine. "I know who drives that car and they live at [address]" is not. This is the one rule again, in the comments.
No doxxing, threats, slurs, or hate speech. Not in comments, not in voiceovers, not in captions.
Comments are permanent. You can delete your own comments, but you can't edit them. Think before you post.

Zero-tolerance rules

These get an immediate, permanent ban, with no warnings and no appeals:

Child sexual abuse material (CSAM). BadDrivr extracts still frames from each uploaded video, computes PhotoDNA perceptual hashes, and checks them against databases of known CSAM through Microsoft's PhotoDNA cloud matching service. Any match is automatically reported to the NCMEC CyberTipline (NCMEC, in turn, refers matches to law enforcement). This is non-negotiable.
Non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII). Uploading or distributing intimate images of anyone without their consent. Under the federal TAKE IT DOWN Act, we remove reported NCII within 48 hours of a valid request.
Direct threats of violence against any identifiable person.
Content designed to help someone physically locate another person: home address, workplace, daily route, child's school.

What happens if you break the rules

We moderate with a mix of automated systems and human reviewers. Depending on the severity, breaking these rules can result in:

Content removal. Your report or comment is taken down. Hawks given or received on removed content may be reversed.
Temporary suspension. You can't post, comment, or interact with the feed for a set period.
Permanent ban. Your account is terminated. Your Hawks are forfeited. Existing content you posted may be removed.
Referral to law enforcement. For CSAM, credible threats, or evidence of a crime in progress, we cooperate with the appropriate authorities.

We aim to decide on reported content within 24 hours. Some cases take longer; complex or borderline ones go to a human reviewer.

Reporting content you see

If you see a report, comment, or user that breaks these guidelines:

Open the report or comment.
Tap Report (flag icon).
Pick the reason that best describes the problem.
Add optional details if the reason isn't obvious.

Your report is reviewed and you're told the outcome. False reports (flagging content just because you disagree with it) count against your account, so don't abuse this.

Blocking someone

If a specific user keeps showing up and you don't want to see them:

Open their profile.
Tap Block.

Blocked users won't appear in your feed or your comments. They can't see your content either. They aren't told they've been blocked. Leaderboards don't filter blocked users yet; we are rolling that out.

Appealing a decision about your content

If we removed your report or comment and you think we got it wrong:

Go to Account Settings, then Removed Content.
Find the decision you want to appeal.
Tap Appeal and explain briefly why the decision was wrong.

You get one appeal per decision. A different reviewer than the one who made the original decision handles it. We respond within a reasonable time, usually a few days.

Contact us

General content concerns or reports that don't fit the in-app flow: moderation@baddrivr.com
NCII / TAKE IT DOWN Act takedown requests: takedown@baddrivr.com, and we respond within 48 hours
Legal notices, subpoenas, other formal contact: see our Terms of Service for the proper address

If you see CSAM on BadDrivr or anywhere else, please also report it directly to the NCMEC CyberTipline.

Changes to these guidelines

We update these guidelines when we learn something new, when the law changes, or when we see new kinds of abuse we didn't plan for. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page tells you when the current version took effect. Big changes get announced in the app; small wording tweaks just get a new date.

If you don't agree with an updated version, you can always delete your account (Account Settings, then Delete Account).