A woman who thought she had successfully dodged police in a high-speed car chase admitted defeat after receiving a text message from the officers that urged her to hand herself in.

St Kilda police texted the 22-year-old Reservoir woman after she failed to stop during a car chase on St Kilda Road just after 1am on Tuesday.

The chase was called off after the woman allegedly drove through a red light, but the officers were not willing to give up.

The woman has since been charged with reckless conduct endangering persons, evading police, driving in a dangerous manner and at dangerous speed, and other traffic offences.