Lauren Valerie Pousderkos, 20, was disqualified from driving for almost 15 months, placed on a community corrections order for 12 months and fined $1735.

The bartender fronted Wollongong Local Court on Tuesday to face charges of driving in a reckless or dangerous manner and being a provisional two driver who exceeded 30km/h.

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Documents tendered to court said Pousderkos was driving a Hyundai Sonata sedan in a southerly direction on the Princes Highway at Termeil, in the Shoalhaven, on the afternoon of January 17 this year.

Police saw Pousderkos on the wrong side of the double unbroken dividing lines overtaking a line of other cars.

Highway patrol officers captured her travelling at 146km/h on the 100km/h road.

The officers saw Pousderkos return to the correct lane but she did not reduce her speed.

Police pursued the car, under lights and sirens, and upon approaching Bawley Point Road they saw a large cloud of dust as Pousderkos turned the corner.

Pousderkos continued travelling at speed and police had to overtake three cars before catching up with her.

She eventually pulled over and was spoken to by police officers.

As a way of an explanation for driving so fast she said her friends were near Bawley Point and she wanted to get to them.

Pousderkos confirmed she cut the corner as she turned off the Princes Highway, drove through an unsealed roadway and overtook three vehicles on Bawley Point Road before pulling over.

She said she "panicked" and was scared as police caught up to her.

Pousderkos was issued with a future court attendance notice and was disqualified from driving for 14 days.

Police noted Pousderkos cried while they spoke to her and was remorseful for actions, acknowledging the danger her driving posed to herself and other road users.

In court on Tuesday, police prosecutor Tanya Pavlin said Pousderkos' actions were "extreme" and she had "no reason" to drive the way she did.

Magistrate Gabriel Fleming said Pousderkos' speed was "so dangerous" and she was "lucky" her parents still had their daughter alive.

"You don't want your mother to get a phone call saying 'Lauren is not coming'," Magistrate Fleming said.

"You need to think about her getting that call."

Magistrate Fleming said she hoped Pousderkos learnt from being through the court process and that her actions had consequences.

She also said if Pousderkos has killed someone then she would be in a "green tracksuit" being led to and from a prison cell.

Magistrate Fleming took into account Pousderkos' age, that she had no criminal history, she was a person of good character and had made a "bad judgement" on that day.

"I don't think this will happen again but you may need counselling to deal with your decisions," she said.

"This can be a line in the sand. You need to start being an adult."

Magistrate Fleming also acknowledged Pousderkos' apology to the court where she said she was remorseful for her driving, understood the impact of unsafe driving and that she was "dangerously selfish" that day.

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