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The DGT ends the extension and anticipates mandatory insurance for 4 million vehicles

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They wanted to launch it on January 2, 2026 but at the end of December last year They confirmed that it would not be possible. Now, the DGT returns to the fray to try to organize everything related to light personal vehicles. That is, the scooters and derivatives that circulate on our streets. This time yes, this time there will be registration. Start-up. The DGT has confirmed that users of personal mobility vehicles (VMP) will have to register in the electronic traffic headquarters their electric scooters if they want to circulate in accordance with the law. Traffic wanted to have this measure ready with the start of the new year but it was today that the Council of Ministers gave the green light to the measure. In its last meeting, the Government approved the royal decree that regulates the operation of the Registry of Light Personal Vehicles to “comply with the first additional provision of Law 5/2025 of July 24, which modified the law on civil liability and insurance in the circulation of motor vehicles to introduce the obligation to insure all personal mobility vehicles, which came into force on January 2 pending the launch of the registry.” What does this mean? In short, if you have an electric scooter you will have to register it with Traffic. The measure is taken to have control of, according to the DGT, the four million personal mobility vehicles that circulate on our streets. The procedure is slightly different, as we will see later, depending on the age of the electric scooter but it is key because it is the first step to force the user to have insurance for your vehicle. The DGT already warns that not having it will be grounds for a fine “According to the provisions of the law on civil liability and insurance, lacking it will be penalized with between 202 and 610 euros and driving with a VMP without insurance with between 250 and 800 euros depending on whether it is considered a light personal vehicle or motor vehicle (more than 25 kilograms in weight and more than 14 kilometers/hour) by the aforementioned Insurance Law. They already have a certificate. In addition to registration and insurance, electric scooters must have a certificate in which all the technical characteristics of the electric scooter are collected. This allows an agent check if a scooter is complying with regulations or, on the contrary, it has been tricked to circulate above the maximum authorized speed of 25 km/h. This certification is collected with a plate on the chassis of the vehicle and is present on all electric scooters sold in Spain since January 22, 2024. The DGT itself, as happens with the V-16 beaconshas on its website a list with all approved scooters to be sold in our country. In this case, if the electric scooter already has this certificate, in the electronic office it will be enough to fill in the certificate number and the serial number. Then a digital registration certificate is issued so that our vehicle is registered as registered. Does not have certificate. In this case, you have a problem. First because the DGT requires that these scooters also be registered although at the time of purchase it was not mandatory to have the certificate. To do this, it is mandatory to have an invoice or technical sheet from the VMP and a photograph. If you do not have an invoice, the only possible procedure is to homologate the vehicle by going through a laboratory certified by the DGT to obtain the technical sheet. Once the certificate is obtained, the DGT issues an identification sticker that must be affixed in a visible place, as is the case with environmental badges on cars. And keep in mind that if you want to keep your scooter it is worth it. Without a certificate registration is not possible and without registration it is not possible to insure the electric scooter. The DGT opens an extension to certify all these scooters until January 22, 2027. From then on it will not be possible to circulate with a VMP without a certificate. How do I do it? As we said, the DGT will enable a space in its electronic headquarters where the entire process can be carried out. At the moment, this space is not open but Traffic assures us that it will be available “in the coming days.” In addition, the DGT assures that they will enable a channel to register the electric scooter when contracting the insurance and that they are working to be able to register it at the time the scooter is purchased at the establishment. Will they fine me? According to the press release, yes. As we said above, with fines of between 200 and 800 euros. However, Traffic does not specify in its press release from what date it will be mandatory to have a registered vehicle and insurance to avoid receiving the fine. Right now, we only know that scooters without a certificate have until January 22, 2027 to obtain it. When asked about this, the DGT has not given us exact dates or deadlines either. Traffic limits itself to stating that it will be informed about this and that the platform will be available “in the coming days” but there is no date indicated on the calendar. Photo | Marek Rucinski In Xataka | $25,000 fine for driving a souped-up electric scooter: Toronto has decided to apply a heavy hand to them

GAME joins the sale of V16 beacons with geolocation that will be mandatory from January 1, 2026

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During these last months many stores have added to their catalogs connected V16 beacons with geolocation to the DGT, which we remember will be mandatory to carry in the car from January 1, 2026. We have seen them in stores such as aldi either Lidlalso in consumption either Mail and even also in GAME, the video game store. A V16 beacon in GAME GAME right now has available the Ebox V16IoT EB-2503a beacon with geolocation that complies with DGT regulations that will begin to be applied at the beginning of 2026. It is waterproof, has a theoretical autonomy of up to six hours and includes a magnetic base. Its price in this case is 39.99 eurosalthough at PcComponentes it is cheaper: for 32.99 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links If you are looking for an alternative There are many V16 beacons that we can find in stores. One of the ones that has been gaining the most popularity is Help Flash IoT+a beacon that, despite having a recommended price of 54.95 euros, we have been finding it much cheaper for some time. Right now on Amazon it costs 39.15 euros. Why has it become popular? The price could vary. We earn commission from these links First of all, it is worth mentioning that the Help Flash IoT+ is a V16 beacon manufactured in Spain. It is from Netun Solutionsa company from Vigo, but it is manufactured in Kepar Electronicsmanufacturer from Zaragoza. In addition, it improves on certain features compared to Help Flash IoT and they tend to have similar prices. One of the characteristics where V16 beacons are most often differentiated is in the number in candles. The Help Flash IoT+ offers, according to the brand itself, more than 290 candlesa fairly high figure that we do not usually find in other models (either they are smaller figures or their candles are not even mentioned in the descriptions or technical sheets). It is also interesting that the Netun Solutions V16 beacon allows you to connect to an external app, which in this case is myIncidence. In practice, the application allows you to quickly contact insurance and emergency services from your mobile phone. Another V16 beacon that may interest you The LEDOne It is another beacon that may be interesting for several reasons: it is also made in Spain, according to the brand it offers. 120 effective candles and also connects to its own app to contact insurance and emergency services. It includes a support so that the beacon can stay in a slightly higher position. Its price at PcComponentes is 41.99 euros. Although it is true that on Amazon it is about 29.99 eurosthe store usually has irregular stock, so the price may vary frequently. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links You may also be interested Xiaomi Portable Electric Air Compressor 2 – Portable air compressor (0.2 10.3 bar/3-150 psi, 6 modes, 2000mAh battery, 14.4Wh, USB-C charging, LED display), black (ES Version) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links OTTOCAST (New Model 2026) 2 in 1 Wireless CarPlay & Android Auto Adapter, Mini Slim for iOS 10+ & Android 11+, Multi-User Support, Plug & Play, Quick Connection The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Image | La Cañada Shopping and GAME (header), Ebox, Netun Solutions, LEDOne In Xataka | Safety, organization and entertainment gadgets and accessories for cars on long trips In Xataka | Clarifying all the mess that the DGT has on its hands: the V-16 light, the V-27 signal and the emergency triangles

This is how we will have to act in case of breakdown with the new V-16 beacon mandatory in 2026

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January 2026. The Three Wise Men of the East have brought a breakdown to your car. You step aside, leave the vehicle, put on your vest and get to work. First, put the emergency triangles. The second thing, notify the insurance and/or emergency services. The third thing, wait for the Civil Guard agent to confirm that we have done everything wrong. And since January 1, 2026, emergency triangles become prohibited. Instead it will be mandatory to have a light V-16a beacon that will serve to alert other drivers from the roof of our car and notify the DGT that we have had a problem. If we do not act correctly, we expose ourselves to more than one fine. How to act with the new V-16 beacons The first thing to be clear about is that the new V-16 beacons do not only replace the emergency triangles. From now on, using the latter will be prohibited and placing them on the road may be punished with a fine of 80 euroswhich is related to not correctly signaling that there is an obstacle on the road. Therefore, before leaving home we will be obliged with the new year to have one of these new devices. What should we know about them? Here we leave you with the most basic but You can check all the requirements in this link: They must appear as approved in the DGT list (that guarantees that it meets the technical requirements) They must have batteries and an active battery Thinking about the future, they cannot be more than 12 years old (minimum time that the data connection must be guaranteed) unless an extension of this period is indicated on the device of the article itself. Once we are sure that we have the correct V-16 beacon, we must keep it in the glove compartment of the car. This is important because if we keep it in the trunk we will have to get out of the vehicle and that is, exactly, one of the reasons that the DGT alleges to activate these new warning lights. Therefore, if we have a breakdown, we must pull over and turn on the emergency lights. Then, we activate the beacon and putting your hand out the window of the car we place it on the roof. Once this is done, we have two options. If there is space to leave the vehicle and go to a safe place off the road surface, we should go there. Always with reflective vests on. If said space does not exist, from 2023 It is mandatory to wait for assistance from inside the vehicle with seat belts fastened. When we activate light V-16, the beacon should activate connectivity and contact the DGT 3.0 platform sending the coordinates of our position, this way it will be instantly verified that there is an incident on the road. This serves to activate the nearby light panels alerting that there is an incident on the road. In addition, connected vehicles traveling on that same road will receive a message in their browsers using the signal V-27 (a red triangle with an exclamation mark inside and three curved lines on the right side as a reminder of “connectivity”). This does not mean that emergency services are activated automatically. Passengers are responsible for notifying the insurance if the car must be towed and the emergency services, such as the Civil Guard, to alert them of what happened and facilitate the removal of the vehicle. Now we just have to wait. Of course, it must be taken into account that approved beacons guarantee emergency light flashing for a minimum of 30 minutes. From there, we will be left without an element that alerts us to our presence, beyond the vehicle’s emergency lights. An obvious solution is to buy a beacon with batteries and replace them when they stop working, but we must remember to carry this element in our car. Photo | Help Flash In Xataka | The V-16 beacon business: who is making money with the elimination of the DGT triangles

now they will include a mandatory two -year postgraduate

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The government faces the difficult challenge imposed from Europe of Modernize and bring public administration to European standards of excellence. Therefore, the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function has presented The proposal for a new opposition model to the opposites of senior state officials. This reform will mainly affect the future officials of the A1 and A2 subgroups, that is, those with high specialization functions such as judges, finance inspectors or superior architects, who already had to accredit a specific university degree for the position. With the new framework, in addition to that degree, they must overcome a Postgraduate course two years to opt for a public square. An opposition with two exams. Minister Óscar López explained that this transformation is based on a system “that meets maximum rigor and European standards”, while seeking to “improve the selection and talent that access the administration.” The objective, according to the ministry in its proposal, is to capture “the best” through an intensive training path, in line with the programs that They exist in France or Germany. This new system will force the new candidates to first go through an aptitude test, which will serve as a filter to show candidates. Those who exceed this first examm, will access a National Training School for officials, a newly created center where a two -year postgraduate training program will be taught. This training program will be mandatory before presenting the final exam which, now, will allow obtaining a public square for the specific group for which it has been forming, equivalent to current opposition system. Not everyone will pass. However, the candidates who will pass the first exam will be more than those who can finally access a place, telling that some of those who exceed the first exam will not exceed the second. That is why those who take and The two postgraduate years successfully finishand do not get the square, they will receive a postgraduate title officially. According to the Secretary of State for Public Function, Clara Mapelli, with this official title comparable to a university master’s degree, the investment of the two years of training in the School of Officials would be compensated. New training scheme for high -ranking officials Academic credits according to the group. Another important novelties of the Ministry’s proposal is to create a training system that follows the European model based on ECTS credits (European transfer and accumulation of credits). Thus, the highest rank bodies of the A1 subgroup must study 120 ECTS formative credits, while those of the A2 group will require 90 credits that will be taught in the schools of officials. For group B, 60 ECTS will be needed. For their part, the candidates for places of group C1 and C2 have other novelties. The first is that they will need to complete a training itinerary with 30 and 10 credits respectively, but in the latter cases, the necessary training The square has been assigned once they have been assigned. In this way, each official will receive their training from the interior of the public administration, maintaining the active places and adapting their training to the concrete functions of the position. The French model. The new academic structure proposed by the Ministry takes its inspiration from the French model of the École Nationale d’Enchion (ENA)created in 1945, and from which four of the last presidents of France have left, including current President Emmanuel Macron that has renovated it. To launch this new National School, the Ministry has announced a network of alliances between the schools and institutes of the State Administration with the schools and institutes of the European Administrative Space and the universities of the European Higher Education Area. In addition, the system will be linked to State scholarship regimewith the aim of guaranteeing equal opportunities regardless of the socioeconomic level of the applicant. Reactions against. The trade union associations of officials and sectoral group have already shown their doubts regarding the new opposition system. From the State Finance Inspectors Association (IHE), they warn that this model, allowing to know the identity of the applicants who access the second exam after the course, “entails a very serious danger to the future of the public function.” For his part, Miguel Borra, president of the CSIF union, assuredto Public That the new model “will not solve the serious problems of administrations and their professionals”, warning that 60% of public employees will retire in the next decade and that currently 30% of the templates are temporary. They also denounce that this new system can generate more delays in the selection processes that already cause “every year to expire thousands of places for the inactivity of administrations,” he slid. In Xataka | Why Extremadura and Murcia are becoming opposition factories: more than 43% of its active population is in it Image | Pexels (Tima Miroshnicenko)

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

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