MILWAUKEE - "Riverside" Rob Draganski was an up and coming blues musician.

"He was playing in Chicago, Kenosha, really starting to make a name for himself," said his sister Jodi Jagdfeld.

A drunk driver killed the 22-year-old man in May 2007. Rob was riding a motorcycle in Twin Lakes when an SUV hit him.

Starting Thursday, drivers caught over the limit will face more severe punishment.

Jodi believes Rob could be alive today if those new penalties were in place.

"There's that empty space where you expect him to be," she told TODAY'S TMJ4 reporter Tom Murray.

The new law requires ignition interlock device installation for repeat drunk drivers and the worst first time offenders.

A driver proves sobriety by blowing into the device to start their car. The car will not start if the initial is failed.

The device forces the driver to retest at random time intervals.

"If you fail a test while you're driving, your car's not going to stop. That would be dangerous," said Michael Pietrowiak of Wisconsin Ignition Interlock Device in Waukesha. "Your horn and lights are hooked up to the system. They're going to blink and flash, prompting law enforcement to stop you.""

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke believes the devices will be effective, if judges order drunk drivers to get them.

"The big challenge for law enforcement is whether the judiciary in Milwaukee County is going to have the intestinal fortitude to really hammer these individuals as their convicted," Clarke said.

As for Jodi, she hopes others are spared the pain her family endures.

"Nobody should have to feel this pain and this loss," she said.

An offender will be required to pay for the device, installation and monitoring. Pietrowiak charges $75 for installation and $70 per month for monitoring. The fee includes equipment rental.

According to a release from the Wisconsin State Patrol, courts will order ignition interlock monitoring for a minimum of one year for offenders who are convicted for their first OWI with a blood/breath alcohol .15 or higher. The devices will also be mandated for multiple OWI offenders and those who refuse to take a breath or blood test.