A SPUR-of-the-moment decision has proven expensive for a Mildura man who tried to outrun police in his mother's car.

The man pleaded guilty to dangerous driving while being pursued by police, speeding and failing to display P-plates before Mildura Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

In September last year Deon Brown, 27, was clocked by police travelling at 75km/h in a 60km/h zone in Irymple.

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