The Council for Transparency and Good Governance has reprimanded the Ministry of the Interior. It demands the publication of the DGT's internal reports on the V16 beacon, documents that were denied to a citizen without a valid reason. The resolution, dated April 27, gives ten working days to deliver the documentation, including laboratory and road safety studies.
The DGT resists showing its technical evidence 📄
The DGT argued that those documents were merely auxiliary, but the Council did not see it that way. Reports are requested on compliance with Royal Decree 159/2021, which regulates connected V16 beacons. The documentation includes laboratory analysis and road safety studies. The objective is to verify whether the device meets the technical requirements that the DGT itself demands of drivers, such as geolocation and cloud communication.
Transparency, that annoying concept 😅
Well, it seems the DGT finds it harder to release a report than a driver changing a tire on a highway. First, they sell us the V16 beacon as the invention of the century, but when someone asks to see the fine print, it turns out the papers are auxiliary and cannot be shown. Good thing the Council for Transparency has stepped in, because otherwise, we might find out that the beacon is only good for looking pretty on the dashboard.