Ontario's Vehicle Impoundment Program is aimed at making Ontario's roads safer. Vehicles driven in Ontario by persons apprehended for driving while their licence is suspended for a Criminal Code conviction will be impounded for a minimum of 45 days.

Drivers who continue to drive while their licence has been suspended for a Criminal Code conviction show no regard for the law and put others at risk. In 2002, almost 17,000 drivers were convicted in Ontario of motor vehicle-related Criminal Code offences. Most of those convictions were related to drinking and driving. Other convictions included driving while disqualified and fail to remain at the scene of a collision.