Especial Reyes II

·1 hr 30 min·7 clips

Jaume Asanales reveals the controversial new crossbow regulation for vehicles, mandatory from January, sparking debate over visibility and cost.

1. Kilómetro Cero Especial Reyes II, hosted by Jaume Asanares on Es Radio, opens with Three Kings Day greetings and covers three main editorial topics plus several advertorial segments. 2. Regular contributors include Daniel Fernández from Independientes de la Guardia Civil (IGC), Victor García Nembrera from AEB Car, and Esteban Serrano from teachers' union AMPE Madrid. 3. The episode's implicit thesis across its three editorial topics is that Spain is slow to implement available solutions — whether emergency road safety, renewable fuels, or teaching workforce reform — due to regulatory delay, lack of incentives, or poorly designed policy. 4. The V16 crossbow emergency light became mandatory in Spain in January 2025 after five years of advance notice from the DGT, but the DGT ran no institutional campaign to inform drivers about the requirement. 5. The V16 costs approximately €50 per unit — €100 for a two-car household — which the Civil Guard union IGC argues should be partially subsidised for lower-income families. 6. The device attaches magnetically to the vehicle roof, is activated through the window with one hand, and transmits an anonymised GPS position to the DGT's 3.0 control platform for 12 years. 7. Civil Guard representative Daniel Fernández notes unresolved questions: whether agents will enforce it immediately in traffic stops, how the DGT will handle false activations, and whether a spare battery obligation exists (it does not). 8. On renewable fuels, Victor García Nembrera of AEB Car calls for the rapid transposition of the EU's RED III renewable energy directive, which sets a binding 42.5% renewable energy target by 2030, to give legal certainty for the investment needed to scale production. 9. Nembrera states that HVO (100% renewable diesel with no fossil content, made from waste residues) is already available in over 1,000 Spanish stations and that biofuel already constitutes 11% of total fuel volume in Spain. 10. A European Tour initiative involving 10 passenger vehicles and 6 trucks running on renewable fuels was verified by major European companies and achieved a 78% CO2 emissions reduction. 11. Nembrera contrasts Spain with France, where the E85 ethanol blend (85% alcohol, 15% gasoline) is available at more than 5,000 service stations at €0.75-0.90 per litre, noting that France applies a reduced tax to E85 because it produces fewer emissions than gasoline. 12. He argues that Spain paradoxically taxes E85 at the same rate as gasoline despite its lower emissions, making it more expensive on a per-energy basis, and calls for a tax structure that rewards lower-polluting fuels. 13. He contends that a full energy transition requires multiple parallel pathways — electric vehicles, renewable combustion fuels, and eventually hydrogen — rather than betting exclusively on electric vehicles, noting that Spain's car fleet has an average age of nearly 15 years. 14. On the maths teacher shortage, Esteban Serrano of AMPE Madrid reveals that 40% of maths teaching positions went unfilled in the most recent public competition because qualified maths graduates earn far more in private sector companies. 15. UNESCO has warned that 44 million teachers globally will be missing by 2030 — Serrano describes this as 'the tip of an iceberg that is getting bigger.' 16. The Community of Madrid has proposed three short-term measures: using retired teachers, allowing third-year maths/engineering students to teach, and permitting temporary teaching without a master's degree. 17. Serrano rejects all three, arguing they are 'crazy,' will treat students as 'little Indian rabbits' in an experiment, and that third-year students lack the pedagogical tools — classroom management, conflict resolution, attention to diversity — that the current teaching master's degree provides. 18. He argues the shortage reflects low teacher salaries relative to Madrid's high cost of living, excessive bureaucratic burden, insufficient social recognition, and a lack of professional career progression incentives. 19. Serrano calls for reducing administrative burden, creating professional career ladders, expanding STEM university places, promoting teaching vocations especially among girls, and establishing national talent-attraction plans. 20. Spanish drivers, policy followers interested in Spain's energy transition, and education professionals in Madrid will each find targeted value in a different segment of this magazine episode.

Listen to the show on

Apple Podcasts Spotify

Play clips from this episode More from Kilómetro Cero