Under the new-look rules, Victorians found drunk behind the wheel will have their cars impounded.

The crackdown is aimed at first-time drink-drivers who blow over .10 and is expected to net almost 70 drivers a week.

If the vehicles are not owned by the driver, they will be impounded and the drivers will be banned from driving for 10 months.

On top of that, offenders will be hit with a $627 fine and also have to pay for the cost of towing and other costs.

The new measures will be rolled out across the state and are part of a new bill called the Road Safety Amendment Bill 2014 which will come into effect on August 1.

There will be many in the community whose immediate reaction to legislation like this will be to accuse the government of revenue raising.

Of course it’s revenue raising, but it’s raising revenue while at the same time making the roads safer and punishing the idiots who think it’s OK to get behind a wheel pie-eyed.

Money raised from drink-driving fines should be put back into making the state’s roads safer, but instead goes into a general state government cash pool.

On the other hand, revenue from traffic and red light camera fines will go to fixing the roads under another new law being drafted by the Andrews government that makes good sense.

The number of drivers on Victorian roads who think it is OK to flout road rules, often seriously by drink-driving or taking drugs while driving, is a scandal.

Millions of dollars in taxpayers’ money have been spent on raising awareness about safe road use, but it falls on deaf ears with a minority in the community.

The problem is that they are a potentially lethal minority in charge of an incredibly dangerous weapon — their vehicle.

Uncompromising laws aimed at reducing the size of this irresponsible minority should be welcomed by all.