It is clear that nobody wants to have to go through paying a traffic fine, but, whether we want to or not, if we break the law, we can get a sanction. The only positive side is that, right now, paying this penalty is much easier than it was a few years ago. Basically because we can do it quickly from our mobile devices , without having to go to the DGT or go to the bank.
Technology has advanced so much in this regard that we can pay DGT fines from mobile phones . No need to have to move to a specific point and not waste our time to check whether or not we have a pending traffic fine. For this reason, we will explain to you how you can check from your phone whether you have pending penalties as well as to pay them easily. And all from your mobile phone.
Check the sanctions
If you have never had to deal with this, it never hurts to know how you can get to know if we have a pending fine. Normally, we will be notified of said complaint in our home by certified mail in case a traffic officer has not stopped us and has handed us the corresponding traffic fine , since that is where we have committed said offense.
However, we can always anticipate if we think we have been sanctioned at some point. And for this, we can do it quickly from any mobile phone. Thus, you will avoid having to wait to receive the alleged traffic fine by mail or notification.
In addition, you must bear in mind that, if the fine is from the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), you will always have a voluntary period, which includes the first 20 calendar days, in which it implies a reduction of the amount of 50 % . After these days, the ordinary period begins which will extend up to 45 days after receiving said notification, although in this case we will have to pay 100%.
Luckily, if we browse the Internet we can find the well-known Edictal Sanctions Board or TESTRA. This is where the DGT itself publishes the sanctions that have been issued to citizens. In addition, it is accessible to all people and we will only need to enter our ID, name and surname or vehicle registration in the search engine on this page. In case you had any pending payment infraction, it would appear on that website.
There is even a way to make the DGT inform us by email or SMS every time we are sanctioned. To do this, we must register with the Electronic Road Directorate . However, it will be necessary to have an electronic DNI or a digital certificate.
How are they paid?
Once we know the different ways to discover if we have a pending violation, it is time to find out how to pay the fines with your mobile. Fortunately, not only do we find a single possible way to achieve this goal, but we will have up to three different methods, and all from any phone, whether Android or iOS.
With My DGT
This is one of the most recent options, but the most agile in every way, since we only have to download the application known as My DGT from the app store of our operating system. In this case, we leave you the links for Google Play and App Store:
Once you have downloaded and installed this app on your mobile, it will be time to access it and register. We will have three options in Android: Cl @ ve, DNIe 3.0 and Personal data. On the other hand, in the iPhone we will only have Cl @ ve and Personal Data. Once you have successfully completed the registration in this DGT application , the steps to follow will be really simple. Our driver’s license image will appear on the main page, as well as the total points we have.
Then, we will have to display its menu by clicking on the three horizontal lines that will appear in the upper left part. After this, we must click on the My fines option. Within this section, both the penalties pending payment and those that were already paid will appear. If you have any infraction, you just have to click on it to start the payment process . In addition, to make this payment, you will have to enter your card details so that the application itself can collect the fine.
From Internet
In case you do not want to opt for the first way, because you do not want to register in any application, you will always have the second option which will be to pay the fine online . Of course, for this method you will need to have at hand both the date of notification of the sanction and the file number that accompanies the fine that you have been imposed.
Luckily, for some time now, these already have a QR code that will make life easier for us, because by scanning this code with the camera or mobile app to scan the QR, access the necessary data to make the payment of the infraction of traffic from mobile.
Once we have the necessary data, we must enter the DGT sanctions payment portal through your mobile browser and then enter the requested data. In the event that you have a digital certificate, the Cl @ ve system or another verification method, you will be able to review other pending fines. Although, to make the payment we can do it without any type of certificate, only by filling in the information that we had explained previously.
Finally, we must enter our payment information. Once finished, we will have already paid the traffic penalty.
With a call
The last option that the DGT offers us, which we can carry out from any mobile phone, will be thanks to its telephone service that allows payment of fines through a call . The telephone number for this is 060, as it appears in the following image. In addition, it is available 24 hours a day, every day of the year thanks to an automatic operator. Although if you prefer, you can speak with a specialized agent, but for this you will have to call from Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 18:00, except national holidays.
In any case, once you contact that phone number, you will have to provide both your personal data that they request and your driver’s license as well as the corresponding information about the offense you had committed. In addition to having to have a credit or debit card on hand to make the payment.
