Sukhuinder Singh, 23, was illegally alone in his Holden Commodore when he overtook two cars in Bridge Inn Road in Wollert on July 31 last year, and ploughed into the car driven by John Voss at more than 110km/h.

Mr Voss, 30, was remembered in the County Court on Monday as a caring, loving and responsible son, brother and friend.

During victim impact statements read to the court, Mr Voss' girlfriend and one of his friends called on Singh to face the consequences of his actions.

But defence counsel Gideon Boas told the court his client should not be jailed and instead serve a community corrections order, as his moral culpability was "quite low", as he made a "grave error" in overtaking the cars, was remorseful and took responsibility for his actions.

Singh pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and was last week found not guilty by a jury of the more serious charge of culpable driving causing death.

He also pleaded guilty to failing to have a driver with a full licence with him in the car.

The jury was not told Singh had a small amount of the drug ice in his system, as judge Wendy Wilmoth previously ruled the evidence inadmissible to ensure he received a fair trial.

On Monday, Mr Boas said Singh "did not appreciate" there was a double white line when he moved to overtake cars about 3.15pm and only saw Mr Voss' car when he was parallel with one of the cars he was overtaking.

"What happened from there is he got into strife," the lawyer said.

"There wasn't enough room for him to pull in. He increased his speed only when he perceived no oncoming car and took evasive action, and we know what happened thereafter."

Singh hit at least 116km/h in the 80km/h zone seconds before the crash, the court heard.

Prosecutor Andrew Grant said the court had to "send a message" that dangerous driving by young motorists would not be condoned, and called for Singh to be jailed given his actions put many drivers at risk.

"The driving he undertook was a result of a conscious and wilful decision ... that put other road users in danger," he said.

Singh's case was a serious example of the offence, the prosecutor said, and not an example of low-level culpability.

Mr Voss' girlfriend, Anna Torchia​, called on Singh to imagine the person he was closest to being killed for no reason.

"How would it feel to know that this person was killed by someone's stupid, mindless, idiotic, careless and heartless actions?" she said.

Judge Wilmoth extended Singh's bail and will sentence him later this week.