Magistrate Frank Jones on Tuesday sentenced Aaron Kerseboom, who pleaded guilty to a string of driving offences, to two months' jail which will be followed by a 12-month community corrections order.

"His driving is out of control," Mr Jones said.

"He could have finished up with culpable driving and then he would be going away for seven to eight years.

"We only seen what occurred in Melbourne on Friday ... I don't want him finishing up the same way."

The court heard Kerseboom, who admitted using two points of ice a day, was involved in a police pursuit which endangered a number of Ballarat drivers.

Police first started following Kerseboom after he was seen speeding through Sebastopol streets around 4am on November 19.

Kerseboom parked outside a Sutton Street address and turned his lights off, only to turn the car back on and swerve towards the unmarked police car as it pulled up next to him.

Kerseboom speed off and was later clocked at 120km/h in a 60km/h zone.

Police prosecutor Senior Constable Sam Young said Kerseboom did not slow down at roundabouts and at one stage turned his lights off as he drove on the wrong side of Albert street, forcing other drivers to take evasive action.

Kerseboom had previously been disqualified from driving after failing to complete a safe driver program.

On March 1, May 9, June 5 and June 22, the probationary driver had also been caught driving.

On June 22 police also found an axe, ice pipe, 0.81g of ice and stolen registration plates in his car.

Kerseboom's lawyer, David Taminika, told the court his client had not been in any significant trouble before January of last year when he first dabbled with ice to help him forget a relationship breakup.

Mr Taminika said the cycle of using to help deal with emotions began there and only escalated. He urged the magistrate to consider a sentencing disposition to help his client rehabilitate.

Addressing the magistrate after sentencing, Kerseboom asked whether the matter could instead be dealt with without incarceration.

But when Mr Jones told him ‘no’, Kerseboom became agitated and swore at the magistrate before being taken into custody.

Kerseboom has been taken off the road for a year. He also needs to complete 100 hours of community work.