BadDrivr

BadDrivr Community Guidelines

Last updated: 2026-04-21

Welcome to BadDrivr. We built this app because bad driving hurts real people, and because calling it out publicly — with video, plate, and location — is one of the only tools ordinary drivers have. These guidelines exist to keep BadDrivr honest and to keep you, other users, and the people you report safe.

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 reporting driving behavior you personally witnessed — things like running red lights, cutting people off, aggressive 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 share it.

The point is to document what happened, not to hunt down or punish the person behind the wheel.

What BadDrivr is not for

BadDrivr is not a place for:

  • 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
  • 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

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 — 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 document a driving incident, 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 dossier 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 driver reply feature lets vehicle owners respond to reports about their plate. 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.
  • 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 — no warnings, no appeals:

  • Child sexual abuse material (CSAM). BadDrivr scans every uploaded video against the NCMEC hashlist. Any match is automatically reported to the NCMEC CyberTipline and 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:

  1. Open the report or comment.
  2. Tap Report (flag icon).
  3. Pick the reason that best describes the problem.
  4. 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 — don't abuse this.

Blocking someone

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

  1. Open their profile.
  2. Tap Block.

Blocked users won't appear in your feed, your comments, or the leaderboards you see. They can't see your content either. They aren't told they've been blocked.

Appealing a decision about your content

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

  1. Go to Account Settings → Removed Content.
  2. Find the decision you want to appeal.
  3. 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 — 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 → Delete Account).