Directive 2015/413, EU facilitates the cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences

(a) speeding;
(b) non-use of a seat-belt;
(c) failing to stop at a red traffic light;
(d) drink-driving;
(e) driving under the influence of drugs;
(f) failing to wear a safety helmet;
(g) use of a forbidden lane;
(h) illegally using a mobile telephone or any other communication devices while driving.

For the investigation of the aforementioned road safety related traffic offences the Member States shall allow other Member States' national contact points access to the following national Vehicle Registration Data, with the power to conduct automated searches on:

• data relating to vehicles;
• data relating to owners or holders of the vehicle.

Any searches in the form of outgoing requests shall be conducted by the national contact point of the Member State of the offence using a full registration number.

The Member State of the offence shall, under this Directive, use the data obtained in order to establish who is personally liable for the aforementioned road safety related traffic offences.

The Member State of the offence are entitled to decide to initiate follow-up proceedings in relation to the committed aforementioned road safety related traffic offences referred to in Article 2.

In the event that the Member State of the offence decides to initiate such proceedings, that Member State shall, in conformity with its national law, inform the owner, the holder of the vehicle or the otherwise identified person suspected of committing the road safety related traffic offence accordingly.

This information shall, as applicable under national law, include the legal consequences thereof within the territory of the Member State of the offence under the law of that Member State.

When sending the information letter to the owner, the holder of the vehicle or the otherwise identified person suspected of committing the road safety related traffic offence, the Member State of the offence shall, in accordance with its law, include any relevant information, notably the nature of the road safety related traffic offence, the place, date and time of the offence, the title of the texts of the national law infringed and the sanction and, where appropriate, data concerning the device used for detecting the offence. For that purpose, the Member State of the offence may use the template as set out in Annex II of the Directive.

Where the Member State of the offence decides to initiate follow-up proceedings in relation to the road safety related traffic offences, the Member State of the offence, for the purpose of ensuring the respect of fundamental rights, sends the information letter in the language of the registration document, if available, or in one of the official languages of the Member State of registration.

In Lithuania road safety is regulated by:

• Law on the Safe Traffic on Vehicle Roads of the Republic of Lithuania (Official Gazette, 2007, Nr. 128-5213);
• Road Traffic Rules approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Official Gazette, 2012, Nr. 140-7186).
• Text of the Directive 

Information on the road traffic safety rules in the EU Member States could be found on the website of the Commission, as well as on the website of European Traffic Police Network TISPOL.