Dgt Withdraws Approval For 5 More V16 Beacons Causing Driver Concerns Across Spain

Drivers successful Spain now look much caller uncertainty aft authorities removed 5 much celebrated emergency beacons from nan charismatic approved list, bringing nan full of duff beacons up to astir 300. This improvement comes soon aft nan compulsory preamble of connected V16 devices successful January 2026, revealing ongoing doubts and regulatory scrutiny successful nan caller roadworthy information equipment.

V16 beacons service arsenic modern physics emergency informing devices designed to switch accepted reddish informing triangles connected Spanish roads. These compact, battery-powered lights tin beryllium activated successful emergencies specified arsenic conveyance breakdowns aliases accidents, automatically sending a geolocated alert done nan DGT 3.0 level to adjacent drivers and emergency services. From January 2026, carrying an approved V16 became mandatory for each centrifugal vehicles successful Spain.

Models impacted by latest DGT decision

Four models stock nan aforesaid manufacturer, Trafic Safety S.L., based successful Barcelona:

• ISSE Safety Light
• ISSE Safety Light 2
• Dunlop V16
• Swiss Drive V16.

Additionally, ELTV16EUROLIGHT from different shaper mislaid its approval. These products will nary longer beryllium permitted to beryllium sold arsenic DGT-approved devices. The logic for their withdrawal from nan approved database is owed to nan companies successful mobility ceasing their manufacture and truthful being incapable to guarantee their unreality work relationship for nan future. The charismatic database of approved devices has been updated.

Drivers who purchased these circumstantial V16 beacons and presently transportation them successful their vehicles whitethorn find themselves affected, though contiguous replacement remains unnecessary for now arsenic nan DGT says their unreality relationship will enactment arsenic a backup. According to nan DGT, information connected Spanish roads depends connected reliable informing systems that alert different motorists and link to nan DGT 3.0 platform.

EU will not intervene connected V16s

In February and early March 2026, the Commission clarified its position definitively. It confirmed location is nary circumstantial EU authorities governing emergency informing devices of this type, meaning nan measurement falls wholly wrong nationalist competence nether nan Vienna Convention connected Road Traffic. As a result, nary infringement proceedings person been opened, nan contention has been resolved successful Spain’s favour, and drivers look nary consequence of nan norm being overturned aliases suspended astatine nan EU level.

Guardia Civil national stance connected enforcement

The largest Guardia Civil union, AUGC (Asociación Unificada de Guardias Civiles), has many times described nan compulsory replacement of accepted informing triangles pinch V16 devices arsenic a “precipitated decision” and a “great error”. Nonetheless, officers should still rumor fines for failing to transportation aliases deploy a compliant V16 beacon arsenic required by law.

Prominent lawyer Andrés Millán has stated publically that owners “can proceed utilizing them until nan extremity of their useful life without being fined”. However, whether each Guardia Civil officers are up to day connected this successful specified a accelerated moving business is yet to beryllium seen. Lawyer firms that woody successful postulation fines urge keeping impervious of acquisition and nan original homologation specifications (i.e., nan box), past appealing immoderate fine instantly done administrative channels.