"She just went to the shop for Christ's sake," heartbroken Tammy Stone said of the tragic crash that killed her mother near Lebrina in 2018.
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Ms Stone's tearful victim impact statement in the Launceston Magistrates Court came after Kim Lavinia Fayers, 53, of Newnham, pleaded guilty to causing the death by negligent driving of 69-year-old Corrie Stone about 2.15pm on December 29, 2018.
Mrs Stone was killed when Ms Fayers lost control of her Mitsubishi Challenger on a corner and crossed to the wrong side of Golconda Road and struck Mrs Stone's Mercedes sedan head-on.
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Crown prosecutor Jackie Hartnett said that Ms Fayers was driving at 100kmh when she went into a left hand curve which had a clear sign advising 55km/h.
"She was driving downhill along a 220m long straight with a clear view of the sign," Ms Hartnett said.
The entirety of the Challenger was on the wrong side of the road when the vehicles collided with a total impact of 168km/h.
In a statement to police Ms Fayers said: "All of a sudden the road went around and I couldn't get it under control... I just said to [passenger] Greg 'we're going to crash I can't get it back'."
Ms Hartnett said Ms Fayers was responding to an urgent call from her father in Scottsdale who had drunk methylated spirit.
She was driving the Challenger for the second time after owning a Mazda 2 hatch.
Ms Tammy Stone wept during her victim impact statement. "She was three minutes from home when her life was taken from her," she said.
"I still have days when it hurts to breath... it was a day when Mum's life ended and mine was ripped apart.
"Not having her in my life was not something I could comprehend."
Defence counsel Katarina Gauden said Ms Fayers was deeply remorseful.
"The fact that she caused the death of another person is the hardest part, she still has nightmares and feels very guilty," Ms Gauden said.
"She wishes she never purchased the Challenger and had never driven after hearing her father on the phone."
She told the court that complications of the injuries from the crash resulted in the loss of her right arm and the loss of a passion for painting and drawing.
The court heard penalties included a fine or a jail term of not more than two years with 67 per cent of jail terms being wholly suspended.
Magistrate Sharon Cure will sentence on February 5 at 2.15pm.
