A Camperdown man will appear in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court on a late date

Another vehicle has been impounded at Camperdown by police after a driver was found to be unlicensed.

A police spokesman said that on Wednesday Camperdown police uniform officers intercepted a white Holden Commodore station wagon.

A police check revealed that the driver, a 44 year old Camperdown man, was not licensed to drive a motor vehicle.

"The vehicle was impounded at a cost of $1295 for 30 days. The driver will appear at the Warrnambool Magistrates Court on a later date," the spokesman said.

That came after Camperdown police intercepted a black Holden Calais station wagon when the vehicle was flagged as having a suspended registration on Monday.

"Further enquiries revealed that the driver of the vehicle, a 32-year-old Camperdown woman, was disqualified from driving a motor vehicle," a spokeswoman said at the time.

"The vehicle was seized which will attract towing and storage fees of $1290 for the 30 days it will be impounded."

On Monday south-west police have warned drivers to stick to the road rules and drive to the conditions in wet weather.

Heywood police intercepted a station wagon on the Princes Highway at Heathmere on Monday afternoon at 4.20pm.

A 35-year-old driver from Dennington returned a positive preliminary breath test for alcohol.

Soon after he returned an evidentiary alcohol reading of 0.129 - two-and-a-half times the legal limit for a fully licensed driver.

His licence was immediately suspended for 12 months and he will be facing a magistrates Court on a date yet to be fixed.

Earlier: South-west police continuing to focus on driver licence checks has led to another car being impounded.

A police spokeswoman said that earlier this week Camperdown uniform police officers intercepted a black Holden Calais station wagon when the vehicle was flagged as having a suspended registration.

"Further enquiries on Monday revealed that the driver of the vehicle, a 32-year-old Camperdown woman, was disqualified from driving a motor vehicle," she said.

"The vehicle was seized which will attract towing and storage fees of $1290 for the 30 days it will be impounded.

"The driver will also have to appear at the Warrnambool Magistrates Court on a date to be fixed on a number of charges, expected to include driving while disqualified and driving an unregistered vehicle."

Both those charges usually attract heavy fines and driving while disqualified can result in a jail term.

The spokeswoman said that police were on duty 24 hours every day of the year and one priority was road safety and reducing road trauma.

She said police had the ability to now check the vehicle and driver status of everyone on the roads.

"In some police vehicles that's done automatically through licence plate scanning," she said.

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