Amanda Lee Dunn, 35, reached speeds of 95 km/h driving in a 50 km/h zone, crossed double white lines and sped through a give way sign after police tried to pull her over in Kangaroo Flat in February this year.

Earlier that same day, police attempted to intercept Dunn in Kennington, but she drove off at a fast speed and the officers abandoned the attempt.

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Dunn was in a vehicle that had no number plates and she was banned from driving at the time.

On the morning of October 26, Dunn was involved in the theft of a Mitsubishi Triton ute from an Arnold Street address, while the owner was sleeping.

On November 5, Dunn sustained fractured ribs and was hospitalised when the ute - in which she was a passenger - crashed into a tree at Epsom.

Police found her handbag in the vehicle, in which they discovered cannabis seeds, two stolen driver licences, and a stolen bank card.

She pleaded guilty in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court this week to four counts of driving while disqualified, using an unregistered vehicle, two charges of dangerous driving, failing to stop on police request, two charges of driving a vehicle without number plates affixed, driving a vehicle displaying the wrong number plate, theft of a vehicle, possessing a drug of dependence, and handling stolen goods, as well as breaching a community corrections order.

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Magistrate Patrick Southey noted Dunn was sentenced to the order last December for offences that included thefts of motor vehicles and driving while disqualified, and her compliance with the order had been "very poor".

Defence lawyer Madeleine Mein said Dunn had lived a "fairly traumatic life" and suffered from an acquired brain injury, and her time in custody would be more difficult for her than others.

Dunn told the court she would live with friends of the family upon her release from custody and they were happy to help her get her life back on track.

Mr Southey said community corrections orders had previously failed and protection of the community was of paramount concern.

"She's just an absolute menace, she's going to kill someone eventually," he said.

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Mr Southey took into account Dunn's guilty plea, and said if it were not for that, she would have faced up to 18 months in prison.

He said he understood she had had a difficult life, but she had a terrible driving history.

"You will kill someone if you keep it up," Mr Southey told Dunn.

He sentenced Dunn to 12 months' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of five months.

She had already served six days of her sentence.

Dunn was also convicted and fined $600, and again disqualified from driving, for 12 months.

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