Nobody likes it receive a fine from the DGT or a traffic ticket. It has an economic cost and, on occasions, it supposes the loss of points in the driver’s license. Until relatively recently, fines were sent by certified mail, a fast system but that has its pluses and minuses in the speed of delivery. But thanks to technology we can find out much earlierwhether they have given us a fine that we should know so pay or appeal In time. That is what the DGT’s own fine notices are for.
Taking into account that there are more and more traffic regulations and the regulations of the General Directorate of Traffic have become stricter than ever, it is difficult that throughout your life as a driver you do not receive the occasional traffic fine from the DGT . There is one for every taste. The good thing is that the sooner you know that you have been fined, before you can remedy it.
And here comes the official DGT app, known as miDGT and available for iPhone and Android. You can download it for free and identify yourself with your personal data, with your digital certificate or with cl@ve credentials. The good thing about this app is that it is used to obtain information, to make arrangements and even serves to “carry” the license on top and the documentation of the vehicle you drive. That and watch your tickets.
Consult the fines from miDGT
If we talk about fines from the DGT, the official miDGT app also covers this area, since it has a specific section for the fines you receive and those you have paid. It’s more. You may pay penalties directly from the application or identify the person who was driving at that time. But let’s go by parts.
Remember that to use the official DGT app you must install it on your phone and identify yourself. You can identify yourself with your digital certificate, with your cl@ve PIN or with your personal data and a code that will be sent to you via SMS if you have your telephone number registered with the General Directorate of Traffic.
Default, you can check yourself the fines whenever you want. Simply open the dropdown menu on the left and go to my fines. The fines are organized into two sections: Earrings Y paid. pressing the button See detail of each of them you will see the complete information.
At the moment, the app miDGT it only notifies you when your driving license or ITV is going to expire. To find out about a fine from the DGT you will have to look at it yourself or opt for another, more practical option: receive the traffic fine notice by SMS or email. For this you will have to register in the Road Electronic Address.
Receive notifications of DGT fines by SMS
The DEV or Road Electronic Address It is used to send communications to traffic agencies and to the drivers themselves. In the matter at hand, you will receive notices of fines as soon as they appear in the DGT database. Please note that these notifications by SMS and email have the same validity as the paper notices.
The bad news is that to register you do need a digital certificate or an electronic DNI. So you will have to register in the DEV from the browser and the device in which you have stored the certificate. The link to register is this. You must click on High, modification and low in DEV.
To sign up, you will be asked to provide a mobile phone number and/or an email address to receive notices of fines. Please note that in the future you may modify that data from the same link and in the same form. In addition to fines, you can receive all kinds of communications related to warnings, points on your card, etc. Check the ones you want to receive.
At the end of the registration process in the Road Electronic Address, you will receive an SMS and/or an email confirming that everything has gone well. From now on, when you get a fine from the DGT or a traffic ticket, you will find out instantly via SMS or email. You can also check the fines from the app miDGT. And, finally, you will also see the notices of fines on the DEV page where you registered. you will have to enter Access to notifications identifying yourself again with your digital certificate.