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The DGT has been pressing a five years against Waze or Google Maps. Your solution goes through copying the French model

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“You don’t know who you warn.” With these words, the DGT warned of the danger of giving the alarm of a traffic control through our mobile phone. It is no accident that The article It will be published in November 2024. The article clarifies the entire phenomenon seen with the one known as “Galician Method”. Last year, a person was denounced for alert 15,000 drivers through messages in a WhatsApp group of Civil Guard controls on the road. The problem is that There is no rule in the circulation code that prevents it. In the last decade, drivers have been perfecting the notices. The DGT points out that in 2012 some applications were already alerted to radars or controls but that the first boom came in 2014 with SocialDrive and Waze. Users had, in real time, information about fixed radars (That the public DGT itself) but also of mobile phones and controls. The second boom came with the Coronavirus pandemic. With the increase in road controls, users multiplied and since then many have climbed into a car from which they no longer get off. Who aspires to skip a Civil Guard control has the tools for it in Google Maps, Waze and even WhatsApp. And that is a real problem if we talk about alcohol and drug controls but also if, for a reason for general security, a device has been mounted to stop the suspect of a crime. Trying to put containment barriers, the Citizen Security Law to try to stop those WhatsApp groups with thousands of users. It is something that the DGT itself recognizes that states that in article 36.23 it is expressly prohibited “the unauthorized use of personal or professional data or professionals of authorities or members of the security forces and bodies that may endanger personal security.” However, they recognize that it is not enough and has been pressed to carry out a modification in the Traffic Law. At the moment, all that there is a proposal for the proposition of the Law born in the Commission on Road Safety of the Congress of Deputies at the proposal of the PSOE. It requested that the text reflect the obligation to “sanction those who provide information that hinders or prevents the control work of breaches of circulation standards”. In France it already applies This new wording would serve to end current doubts. The closest thing to receive a sanction for notifying the Civil Guard control is found in article 100 of the Civil Guard GENERAL CIRCULATION REGULATIONwhere the following is exposed: The use of long -range or road light is prohibited as long as the vehicle is stopped or parked, as well as alternative employment, in the form of flashes of long -range or road light and light or crossing light, with purposes other than those provided in these regulations The problem, obviously, is that this analog acting has been disused. This has led to the DGT has press and emphasize in the last five years that their intention is to chase those who use these applications to notify the controls. In 2020, Pere Navarro, director of the DGT, already put the focus on applications during mobility week in A Coruña where he pointed out his will to “Prevent, hinder or limit” Applications like Waze. The referent can have it in France. There, the famous traffic application cannot show mobile radars to users. It is an anomaly in Europe, as they collect in the Gauling country media. They point out that there the decree No. 2012-3 of January 3, 2012, which modified its circulation code more than a decade prohibits “Possession, transport and use of radar detectors”. However, this application extends to mobile applications, something that does not happen in Spain. Here, The law was modified in 2022 To punish the single presence of a radar detector. Until then the use of radar inhibitors and detectors was punished. For three years, the single presence of these devices is also punished with Fines of 200 euros and three points of the driving card for detectors and six points and up to 6,000 euros in the case of inhibitors. What the DGT wants to get is that the notices in mobile applications are also punished and the first step would be the modification in the traffic law that would allow copying the French model. What applications like Waze do is alert “danger zones”. To skip the restriction, the application allows you to add this notice on road sections, never in a specific position. With this notice, the driver already knows that a mobile radar or traffic control will be found later but is not specified in any case to stick or where it is installed. Photo | Waze on Instagram and Pricob ioan In Xataka | The DGT denounces the breakage of seven radars: there are up to half a million euros at stake and three -year jail sentences

Teruel was scarce from DGT officials. Has solved it with the mother of all webcams

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The DGT has made its new Custom Teleenteption Servicea proposal that comes with the aim of serving citizens of rural areas without the need for traffic administrations to be attended in person. Teruel has been the first municipality to release the service and serve as a pilot test, having attended according to the DGT to more than 1,200 Turolenses since its implementation in 2023. Everything is born from … the lack of personnel. The Provincial Headquarters of Teruel suffered a serious shortage of personnel, to the point that its citizen service section was about to close. To avoid this, some officials devised an alternative: a system of attention by Videoconference that allow citizens to carry out procedures without having to go to the Headquarters, using a point enabled in their own City Council. After the success of this plan, the DGT has had a little revolutionary idea, but sensible: to attend by video call and avoid unnecessary displacements may not be so bad idea. Personalized TeleAntion Service. The first personalized Teleatance point to the citizen of the DGT has been installed in Alcañiz (Teruel). Its operation is simple: citizens can go to the City Council and connect with a traffic official (from any point in Spain) through video call to carry out their procedures, without the need to attend a DGT office in person. These points will allow citizens to connect with a DGT official by video call, being able to complete any type of application. One of the keys is that it will not be necessary to have electronic certificate, Electronic DNI o Registration in the Cl@VE system. We will only need our DNI, NIE or passport to complete the procedures. The point of attention is equipped with: Double -sided scanner to digitize documents. DNI reader with contactless technology. Payment terminal to pay fees and efforts. If the experience in Alcañiz is positive, the DGT plans to extend this service nationwide, thus facilitating access to its services in localities with less resources. A POOL FOR ADMINISTRATION. The inhabitants of the Rural Teruel now have a new way of carrying out procedures of the DGT from the City Council terminal, without the need to go to the traffic leaders. They are not the only beneficiaries. DGT itself admits that the implementation of these terminals implies a service model with positive effects in terms of saving and optimization of resources. Image | DGT In Xataka |

Should the same fine pay the same poor as a rich? Spain is already serious that the DGT puts progressive sanctions

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An increase of up to 500%. That is what has been able to add in the Congress of Deputies with their proposal of law to implement the concept of progressivity to traffic sanctions. A measure that already applies in other countries and aims to match the balance. This is what we know. A Law Proposition. First of all, it is important to know What is a law proposition. This formula allows any parliamentary group to present a letter in which the modification of a law or the creation of an existing one is. Once presented, the government has 30 days to answer whether or not it is processed. If processed, the deadline for presenting possible amendments to the text is opened. In case of moving forward is when the final approval of the text is discussed in the Congress of Deputies. Here is the time to approve this proposition, which decays or that different modifications are included. The proposal to add. Therefore, the proposal to add is, for the moment, in the first step before traffic violations are forward. However, it is still important because it opens the debate to the approval of progressive fines in our country. As you can read in the text presented at the Congress of Deputies, the idea is that the one who has the most pay in case of committing an infraction. “It cannot be that for some a fine ruins the month and for others it is a calderilla,” said Enrique Santiago, spokesman to add, in words collected by The country. What is it? As we say, in which he pays more who has the most. But, to what extent. That is what would have to be defined and add its proposal: A 30% increase in the cost of the sanction “in response to the severity and transcendence of the fact, the background of the offender and his status as a repeat offender, the potential danger created for himself and for the other users of the road and the criterion of proportionality” A 150% increase for sanctioned offenders whose annual gross income is between 70,000 and 85,000 euros. A 300 % increase between sanctioned offenders whose annual gross income between 85,000 and 100,000 euros. A 500 % increase for sanctioned offenders whose annual gross income greater than 100,000 euros. In addition to increases in the payment of sanctions, the proposal also includes reductions for serious and very serious infractions: 30% reduction for those who prove income up to 1.5 times the SMI 15% reduction for those who prove income between 1.5 and 2.5 times the SMI What do we pay? At the moment, the DGT contemplates three scenarios to punish the infractions According to the Traffic Law: Mild infractions: up to 100 euros of sanction. Serious infractions: sanction of 200 euros. Very serious infractions: sanction of 500 euros as a general rule. Reiteration in alcohol or drug use is punished with 1,000 euros. Driving a car with detectors or radar inhibitors is punished with 3,000 euros. Current punishments for speeding How much would we pay? If we apply the proposal to add to the current sanctions, it must be taken into account that all speeding is a serious offense, although a penalty of 100 euros is contemplated for the milder cases. That is, to exceed the maximum permitted speed would entail the payment of the following fines: People who enter less than 1.5 times the SMI: 70 euros. People entering between 1.5 and 2.5 times the SMI: 85 euros. People who exceed 2.5 times the SMI and up to 70,000 euros: they could pay up to 130 euros “in response to the severity and transcendence of the fact, the background of the offender and their status as a repeat offender, the potential danger created for himself and for the other users of the road and the criteria of proportionality.” People who enter between 70,000 and 85,000 euros: 250 euros. People entering between 85,000 and 100,000 euros: 400 euros. People who enter more than 100,000 euros: 600 euros. In response to more serious speed, which is punished with 600 euros, we could talk about sanctions of up to 3,600 euros at the upper end. For fines for drug use, it would amount to 6,000 euros. And for the use of inhibitors and radar detectors they would be 18,000 euros. Does this apply in any country? Yes, different European Union countries have this way of acting in traffic but not all apply in the same way. The most obvious and known case is that of Finland, pioneers who apply this method since 1929 according to Pyramid Consultingspecialized in resorting traffic sanctions. Finland is also famous because in the early 2000s, a Nokia manager was sanctioned with a Fine of 116,000 euros for exceeding the maximum limit allowed at 25 km/h. It is not the only Finnish case, Anders Wiklöf, Finnish millionaire owner of Wiklöf Holding (A group of more than 20 companies that invest in all types of sectors), complained that only three fines 300,000 euros had cost him. And Finland is not the only country where this criterion is applied. In Sweden and in Switzerland he also pays the most and in Denmark, reductions of up to 50% are contemplated when paying fines so not everything is bad news, they collect in Cubic centimeters. And does it work? There are doubts that increasing what is paid for traffic infractions has a real effect on traffic accidents. Some studies They claim that applying progressive fines can reduce road deaths by 5% and 2% serious injuries. However, a meta -analysis It did correlate an increase in the payment of the sanctions between 50 and 100% of the cost of them with a 15% reduction in infractions. Despite this, it was not confirmed that there was a clear correlation between this reduction and a decrease in the number of accidents, dead on the road or injured. Photo | Jorge Fraganillo In Xataka | We already know … Read more

That the DGT is going to fine you with 135 euros for driving only in your car sounds bad. The only problem is that it is false

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It has become a small classic. From time to time, the news about the DGT points to new fines, sanctions or restrictions (each one more rare or unexpected) that, of course, does not exist. The last bulus points to the obligation to circulate with more than one person in the car. And if not … fine? Of course not. It is the first thing that has made us clear the DGT. To questions from Xatakafrom the organism they tell us that the DGT “will never fine to go alone in the car.” Because, indeed, that has been the last rumor that has been popularized in social networks and of which some media echoed dropping that this measure is being valued. What do we talk about? In recent days, The voice has run that the DGT works to carry out a regulation that forces us to circulate with more than one person inside the car. It has even been said that there will be fines of 135 euros if this supposed new regulation is breached. Where does all this come from? The last bulus that involves the DGT is born from a few words expressed by Pere Navarro, director of the agency, last November during the Global Mobility Call. In him he affirmed that “The future will be shared or will not be”. With this, the director of the DGT wanted to make clear the importance of sharing vehicle to save in resources and consume and pollute less. However, “one thing is to foster and another fine,” they tell us from the DGT. And the words of the director of the DGT seem to go along this line unless they want to strangle to generate noise and clicks. There is a reason. And for the DGT that reason is that, according to their data, 85% of the displacements carried out every day in Spanish cities between home and work are done with a single occupant in a vehicle. This way of moving is obviously not very efficient. “We must make a collective change of mentality that allows us to encourage the high occupation of the vehicles, because we cannot afford 1,500 kg every day to displace a single person. Increasing the occupation of the vehicles is a challenge and a necessity,” Navarro said in his speech. The “case” of France. And we could use many, but many quotes. To ensure that the fine for breaching this alleged DGT standard will be 135 euros, some media have come to say that this measure is already applied in France and that heat cameras are used to warn if there is more than one person on board. But this is not true. Vao. What has been launched in some French cities is A high occupation lane. That is, a lane like the Spanish bus-life by which only vehicles with more than one person can circulate inside. Lanes that in the Spanish case are already controlled with the use of traffic cameras and whose Fine for using it improperly is 200 euros. For the control of these lanes, indeed, In France thermal radars are being used. The objective is to prevent some stratagems from being used that deceive the cameras. In Spain, for example, cases of using dolls in the passenger seat so that, disguised, pass a companion. And one last detail. To all of the above we must add that the DGT has no competences to regulate traffic in cities. Regulate the functioning of low emissions areas (ZBE) falls on the side of the municipalities. In fact, it is something that has been complaining for a long time and using as endorsement not to establish these zbe which are mandatory since 2023 in the municipalities of more than 50,000 inhabitants. Photo | Kindel Media and DGT In Xataka | The DGT wants to generalize the airbag on motorcycles. Your shortcut: make it mandatory to get the card to

The DGT paves the road to the mandatory airbag on motorcycles. And his shortcut is mandatory to get the card to

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It had been rumored for a long time. It was warned that we would have changes And, finally, they have already been published in the Official State Gazette. Remove the motorcycles card will force more practical time between cars with open traffic and use the airbag as a safety element. The motorcycle license is one that can be obtained from the age of 20 (21 years for tricycles of more than 15 kW of power) and it is necessary to have a minimum experience of two years with the card A2 in force. That is, it is something like the evolution of this last license since A2 limits power from the motorcycle to 35 kW (47.2 hp) and the weight/power ratio cannot exceed 0.2 kW/kg. In this case, there is no limitation of displacement so it can be circulated with a motorcycle that exceeds the aforementioned but limited power. The motorcycle license, however, does not present any of these restrictions so approveing ​​it is a qualitative leap for those who want to experiment with motorcycles of greater size and power. Now, The Government has approved Some changes that are worth mentioning. Changes in DGT Motorcycle License As we said, nothing changes with respect to the limitations of age and experience before opting to get the Motorcycle card But there are substantial changes when facing the evidence. First of all, The DGT has been pressing And campaigning for motorists to use airbag vests in their outings. Now, the new license will force the exam using one of these vests. It is a mandatory requirement that can facilitate more widespread use once the exam has been approved. You have to keep in mind that The DGT and the Government They have long been throwing probe balloons on the mandatory use of the vest with airbag when it comes to motorcycle. They claim that Security improvement is very high But the vast majority of bikers ignore it. “The risk of suffering an accident per kilometer traveled is 18 times higher on motorcycles than in four -wheeled vehicles,” Fernando Grande-Marlaska pointed outInterior Minister, in the delivery of the first vests with airbag to the Motorists of the Civil Guard. However, it is difficult to find data on whether the use of the airbag has spread in recent years. In the biker circles there is no that feeling and among the available data we find that a study of 2020 certified these sensations. In Diariomotor they echoed that report of the Race in which it was pointed out that only 4% of the bikers usually used an airbag. It was also pointed out that most of those killed on the road do so in secondary roads and that, in that case, it is not too clear to what extent the use of the airbag is decisive when avoiding serious injuries or the death because many other factors meet. What seems clear, yes, is that it is a security element that can only improve the consequences of an accident. However, it is a expensive accessory, which seems to be limiting its use among motorists. In fact, it is easy to find options that start from 400 euros and can exceed 1,000 euros. There are even reusable. Leaving aside the theme of the airbag, there are other important changes when presenting to the exam, increasing the time that is passed on the road with open traffic and reducing the Circuit tests. Thus, the nine mandatory training that must be met before the exam is divided, at least, as follows: Three hours of theoretical training. Four hours of road -open road practices. Two of them will have to be conventional, since it is where most accidents occur. Two hours of circuit practices. Similarly, the focus has been made Improve security of applicants during practical evidence. Teachers can only circulate with three other applicants for the most during the practices and will not be able to control more than five students during circuit tests. Finally, it is emphasized that theoretical formation can be completely given by telematic route. That is, the student can follow the training by online. Photo | In Xataka | Before an increase in accidents, the DGT proposes to raise fines. It seems logical but it is not demonstrated that it works

This tells us the DGT about getting the card without a teacher

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The DGT studies changing the self -school system and adapting to the United States. You may have read similar information in recent days. But, the truth is that the DGT has not proposed anything and the decision is not in its hands. So what is happening? There is nothing new. And there is neither date for possible changes nor a road map on it. That is what the DGT has answered to questions from Xataka. The origin of a possible change in access to the driving card is in a proposition that It is debating Europewhere it seeks to facilitate access to cars to a greater number of drivers. This is the last case but it is something that is discussed For almost a decade. That proposal, as we say, continues to debate and would have to continue passing filters that can mold it. That is, it is possible that Europe approaches its way of accessing the driving license to the United States. Or may not. Determined the final text, it would have to be voted and, subsequently, issue a directive that would force compliance. Only in that case. From traffic they also insist that only in the event that the directive was issued, the way to adapt these new demands to the Spanish environment would be sought. However, there is no clear proposal on the table since the text could leave in the hands of the member states Major or lesser wide sleeve to adapt the new reality to its regulations. Taking advantage of the Words of the Interior MinisterFernando Grande-Marlaska, who recently said that the possibility was being valued, some media and users on social networks have raised this whole issue to the news category, noting that the DGT would be behind a change in the system. The CNMC. Grande-Marlaska responses arrived in relation to a report presented by the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC), who bet on opening the hand with the requirements asked for self -schools and turn to a “tutoring” system where a driver can supervise the driving skills of an applicant before facing the exam. They propose, for example, that “the accompanied practices would be compatible with a possible maintenance of mandatory training obligations in self -schools if necessary, for example, establishing a minimum of classes in self -school before the driving accompanied.” A fire. In spite of everything, this report has caused a fire among the self -schools that consider “a danger to road safety” the proposals presented by the CNMC. Álvaro Llamas, president of the National Auto School Association (Anaes) wondered the following: If the objective is to improve the tormation of the applicants, we do not understand that any citizen is considered, with experience, but without training skills (…) and less in a vehicle without double pedal. If there is a sinister, who of the two is going to lace responsible? Who, who will have the tools and control to avoid it? And who guarantees that this tutor will not transfer the applicant for his bad habits and customs at the wheel? What happens in the United States? Depending on the State, Things are slightly different In each place in the country. However, in general, we can say that in the United States it is possible to drive from the age of 14 or 16 (depending on the place) accompanied by a tutor. This tutor offers his experience and warns the future driver. When he feels prepared, he goes to take the exam to obtain a license that will allow him to drive without being accompanied. Step by step. In addition to this change, in Spain the possibility of introduce license B1. This is already active in some countries Of our environment and would allow a 16 -year -old adolescent to access vehicles that do not exceed 90 km/h, a mass that does not exceed 450 kg and a power that does not exceed 20 hp. Measure defenders indicate that it is an evolution of the AM license, which is available since the age of 15 and allows conducting known as “Cars without a card”. They point out that the driver will be more familiar when he can take a license B, which has no power or maximum speed limit and can weigh up to 3,500 kg. Photo | Bas Peperzak In Xataka | DGT points: how they work, how to consult and how to recover them

It is not necessary to blow so that the DGT knows if you have drunk. And nothing has to do with new devices, fines or breathalyzer rates

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Alcohol behind the wheel has become one of the great conversation issues of recent times in mobility in Spain. Since the DGT announced that it wants to change the maximum permitted rates at the wheel, the Internet and social networks have been filled with articles with supposed changes in this regard. The reality: everything remains the same. An intention. At the moment, that’s the only thing we have. The maximum alcohol rate allowed at the wheel remains the same as always despite the DGT and the Interior Ministry They have been favorable to a reduction of these rates until the consumption of a beer is impracticable if we are going to put ourselves behind the wheel. With the changes, the DGT wants to punish alcohol consumption if it is conducted. In his own words, You can’t do it with a 0.0 rate because it can generate some judicial conflicts in very rare cases but in practice you cannot drink. What is applied right now? What is currently applied is, in general, a Maximum alcohol rate of 0.5 gr/L of alcohol in exhaled air or 0.25 mg/l of blood alcohol. Overcoming these margins can mean a fine of up to 1,000 euros If we are repeat offenders and will subtract six points in the driving card. What do you want to approve? The intention is lower the maximum limit allowed to 0.20 gr/L of blood alcohol. According to the data provided by DGT itself, a driver could barely take a cane before putting behind the wheel. On average, a woman would have impossible to combine the steering wheel and the drink of alcohol, however small. Is there any change? No, none. AND Nor is there a clear date When this measure will be approved or, even, if approved. At the moment we talk about intentions that need to pass the approval of the Congress of Deputies as it forces to change the GENERAL CIRCULATION REGULATION and the Traffic LawMotor vehicles and road safety. Source: DGT Nor in ethylometers? No, either. In recent days, information that speaks of new devices capable of detecting a positive without blowing have been popularized. These devices have been called proximity alcoholic and, as reflected in some publications, do not need the driver to blow. These supposed new ethylometers are used by the Civil Guard to expedite traffic in the controls. They ensure that just by bringing it to the mouth you can check whether a driver driver or not. In case of positive, the driver has to submit to blood tests to confirm the sanction. It’s true? As almost always, yes and no. Indeed, This way of proceeding exists But from the DGT they make it clear that Nothing has changed. It is working as it had been doing so far with the same as always. That is, we will have to blow if we reach an breathalyzer control. As they assure us from traffic, these alcoholic have a proximity function that is applied in very specific cases, such as a respiratory disease. Only in an assumption of this type is activated and, subsequently, is certified with the blood analysis if a positive occurs. In Xataka we have also contacted the Civil Guard to confirm if something has changed in its way of acting but at the time of writing these lines we have not obtained an answer. Photo | DGT In Xataka | Why it is absurd to play sports to try to “save you” from breathalyzer control and why other tricks are even worse

The DGT will install 122 new radars in 2025. Locations and when they will begin to fine the 24 radars that are already active

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The radars save lives and in 2025 we will continue with the installation of 122 new devices on the Spanish roads, of which 17 fixed and 7 section entered service this January 21 With these words, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Minister of the Interior, confirmed that The DGT will install more than a hundred radars This year 2025 on Spanish roads. Thus, the head of Interior stressed that the fulfillment of the speed limits “is key” to avoid accidents. The DGT has been defending that installing New radarsas well as the use of vans and even camouflaged motorcycles With mobile radars, you should improve accident figures on roads. The organism has been doing special emphasis on speed although Distractions are the main cause of accidents With mortal victims on our roads. Be that as it may, what is certain is that the DGT aspires to deploy 122 new radars on Spanish roads. All new radars and where will they start fine Although in its information the DGT has also made it clear that its intention is to install a greater number of section radarsfor now, the 24 new radars that already work on Spanish roads are mostly fixed. As you can check in the list below, only seven of the 24 new speed controllers They are stretch. The rest, the 17 new radars are fixed. This is confirmed by the DGT that, in addition to its locations, has confirmed that they came into operation on January 21. That does not mean, however, that they are already sanctioning with fines that can reach the 600 euros and six points in the driving card. At the moment, the cinemometers will pass a first test phase in which only the drivers will be notified that have exceeded the maximum allowed speed. That period lasts a month and, later, the drivers will be sanctioned. As for its locations, the DGT confirms that the 17 fixed radars are found in the following places: Province Road Kilometer point (PK) Almería A-1050 1+200 decreasing Almería AL-3117 1+400 growing grenade N-432 425+950 decreasing Malaga A-7054 3+500 growing A Coruña AC-221 2+550 growing A Coruña AC-841 9+800 decreasing Asturias N-634 377+850 growing Asturias GJ-10 0+250 growing Lugo LU-862 74+150 decreasing Ourense N-525 237+880 growing Pontevedra N-550 84+150 growing Alicante N-332 89+050 decreasing Alicante CV-86 13+800 growing Alicante CV-905 7+050 decreasing Alicante A-77a 0+420 growing Valencia V-31 6+125 d Valencia CV-410 3+510 c The seven new section radars are found in the following locations. PROVINCE ROAD PK Start PK End Almería A-370 8+400 c 9+400 c Malaga MA-20 9+300 c 10+300 c A Coruña AC-552 26+275 c 27+300 c Asturias AS-12 2+150 d 0+850 d Ourense OU-536 25+850 c 28+040 c Valencia A-3 347+100 c 349+150 c Valencia V-23 3+330 d 1+600 d In addition, remember that in Xataka We tell you how to know Where are all radars. In this way, we will avoid falling into one of the 50 radars that most fine in Spain. Photo | DGT In Xataka | The roads of Spain are plagued with empty radar boxes: they work according to the DGT

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