"She knew she was in trouble with the police and chose to drive off, through an intersection," he said.
"She has serious culpability, and this is a serious issue for the community. She doesn't seem to have got the message that she shouldn't drink and drive."
Ms Spencer said Goulton had gone to considerable expense to have a telephone landline installed so she could serve an electronic sentence. She had pleaded guilty promptly and had embarked upon "all means" of rehabilitation. She was also the mother of four children.
"Other people have children too," Judge Davis replied.
'Other people are mothers, fathers, aunties, uncles. What thought did she give them when she drove through the intersection?"
When her client returned later in the day Ms Spencer said Goulton accepted that she was an alcoholic, and was deeply ashamed.
She was prepared to undertake residential rehabilitation, but Judge Davis told her that her drink driving hadn't diminished.
"Two convictions of driving under the influence causing injury should have signalled to you that you can't drink and drive, but they didn't," Judge Davis said.
According to the summary of facts police saw Goulton drive away from the Kauri Arms in the early hours of October 16 last year. As they turned to follow her she drove off at speed, through the Allen Bell Drive/Matthews' Ave intersection (governed by a stop sign) at a speed estimated at 90-100km/h.
She subsequently recorded 804 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath. The legal limit is 250 micrograms.
Goulton told police she had not stopped because she was scared of them.