Jessica Rose Beveridge faced Wodonga court on Tuesday after driving with a reading of 0.3 last year while on her way to pick up her daughter.

Despite the massive reading, Beveridge said she didn't feel alcohol affected, raising concerns from magistrate Ian Watkins.

Beveridge said at that reading, she shouldn't have been able to walk, but felt fine.

"It was a careless accident I guess you could say," she said.

The Tawonga woman had borrowed a friend's Toyota Echo and drove east on Mountain Creek Road during the incident last September 2.

She failed to take a right-hand bend in an 80km/h zone and hit a tree, causing the car to roll.

A friend attended and drove her to Mount Beauty hospital.

Police were alerted to the incident, as someone believed the crashed car was a safety hazard.

Officers first went to the hospital and spoke to Beveridge and a blood sample was taken about an hour after the crash.

She admitted to driving and said she was going to pick up her daughter before losing control and over-correcting.

She has a similar prior in Queensland from more than a decade ago.

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Police took her licence from her in February.

Beveridge claimed in court she had drunk the night before and had only a glass of wine at lunch on the day of the smash.

"When I saw the results," she said of the blood test, "I thought 'how was I even walking'."

"I was fine."

The slightly built Tawonga resident said she hadn't eaten much that day, just soup.

She said she didn't have a drinking problem but was receiving alcohol counselling.

Mr Watkins said the crash could have been far worse.

"On one view it's unfortunate you were in the accident, but fortunate your daughter wasn't in the car," he said.

Beveridge said if she had breathalysed herself at home, she wouldn't have driven.

"I didn't feel that I couldn't get in the car, if that makes sense," she said.

Mr Watkins said at six times the limit she was "almost guaranteed to have an accident".

Feeling right to drive with such a reading suggested she had a significant alcohol problem, he said.

"It could have easily resulted in a fatality," the magistrate said.

Mr Watkins said she needed to be removed from the road for safety reasons.

Beveridge was banned from driving for two years and fined more than $1000.