The V-16 beacon, under discussion? Catalonia registers an increase in pedestrian hit-and-run fatalities

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In 2021, the director general of the Traffic Authority (DGT), Pere Navarro, and the Ministry of Interior, headed by Fernando Grande Marlaska, signed a royal decree that modified the regulations and established the mandatory use of a V-16 light signal to replace emergency triangles. At that time, they argued that the change aimed to provide greater safety to the occupants of a broken-down vehicle by preventing them from having to leave the vehicle to indicate the incident, thus reducing the possibility of suffering a fatal accident due to being run over.