So far, one of the direct consequences of the implementation of V16 beacons as a mandatory pre-signaling system, the emergency triangle will be obsolete in Spanish regulations from January 1, 2026.
But just like V16 beacons without LCOE or IDIADA license, this does not mean that these are illegal objects, simply will not be used in the same way as the V16 Connected for pre-signal breakdowns on the road. Therefore, you canemoContinue to wear the emergency triangle in the car or wherever you wantmoYesbut it will always be necessary to place the device with connectivity to DGT 3.0.
To clarify these and other questions related to V16, the general director of Trafic, Pere Navarro, answered the questions drivers ask most Telecinco News a few days ago.
Can we use the triangle in addition to the V16 tag?
The boss of the DGT answered this question forcefully: “The triangle is not forbidden, if you want to have a triangle and you want to go down and place the triangle there.” In other words, the driver will be responsible for his safety as long as he places the V16.
Furthermore, forthe driver who intends to continue this practiceNavarro he asks them a rhetorical question: “What do you want to get out of the car to place the triangle on the curve This closed and crushing you? No”.
In his intervention in the news, the director also defends that: “Every year we have 25 dead who got out of the car“, thus justifies the implementation of the V16 beacon which allows pre-signal a breakdown without having to get out of the vehicle and demonstrates how easy it is to use by placing it on the roof of your car.
Which cars will be able to continue using the triangle without needing a V16?
Emergency triangles may continue to be used by vehicles registered outside Spainas confirmed by the general director of traffic. The main reason is that the DGT cannot force drivers to leave other countries of the European Union nor of the States with which they exist international broadcast agreements (such as Andorra, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Morocco, Japan or Argentina, among others) to replace the triangle with the V16 tag.
The reason is that the the triangle continues to be the pre-signalling system in force in many of these countriesSpain cannot therefore impose a different system on them. Actually, Spain is currently the only country to have made V16 compulsory. for their drivers.
Will V16 beacons have connectivity outside of Spain?
Pere Navarro’s answer to this question is vague, but the reality is that the connectivity of the V16 will not work outside the country, as confirmed by the head of the Telematics sector of the DGT, Monserrat Estaca, to 20 minutes In an interview a few weeks ago:
“When we go abroad This will not help you communicate your location on a virtual level.it will not communicate it because it is not Connected, but it will serve you physically as if it were an unapproved V16.”
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