For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply:

1. (a)

   ‘vehicle’ means any power-driven vehicle, including motorcycles, which is normally used for carrying persons or goods by road;

2. (b)

   ‘Member State of the offence’ means the Member State where the offence was committed;

3. (c)

   ‘Member State of registration’ means the Member State where the vehicle with which the offence was committed is registered;

4. (d)

   ‘speeding’ means exceeding speed limits in force in the Member State of offence for the road or type of vehicle concerned;

5. (e)
   ‘failing to use a seat-belt’ means not complying with the requirement to wear a seat-belt or to use a child restraint in accordance with Council Directive 91/671/EEC11 and the law of the Member State of the offence;
6. (f)

   ‘failing to stop at a red traffic light’ means driving through a red traffic light or any other relevant stop signal, as defined in the law of the Member State of the offence;

7. (g)

   ‘drink-driving’ means driving while impaired by alcohol, as defined in the law of the Member State of the offence;

8. (h)

   ‘driving under the influence of drugs’ means driving while impaired by drugs or other substances having a similar effect, as defined in the law of the Member State of the offence;

9. (i)

   ‘failing to wear a safety helmet’ means not wearing a safety helmet, as defined in the law of the Member State of the offence;

10. (j)

    ‘use of a forbidden lane’ means illegally using part of a road section, such as an emergency lane, public transport lane or temporary closed lane for reasons of congestion or road works, as defined in the law of the Member State of the offence;

11. (k)

    ‘illegally using a mobile telephone or any other communication devices while driving’ means illegally using a mobile telephone or any other communication devices while driving, as defined in the law of the Member State of the offence;

12. (l)

    ‘national contact point’ means a designated competent authority for the exchange of VRD;

13. (m)

    ‘automated search’ means an online access procedure for consulting the databases of one, more than one, or all of the Member States or of the participating countries;

14. (n)

    ‘holder of the vehicle’ means the person in whose name the vehicle is registered, as defined in the law of the Member State of registration.