dude thats some bad luck... doesnt matter where you live, same on the eastern states.

mum had a moron in a 4x4 side swipe her gsr cordia a few years back while trying to pull into the way to small of a park next to hers... he then reversed out drove up a half a dozen bays and parked on other side i guess so you couldnt see damage to his 4x4 from where she was parked, got out and proceeded to walk into the shopping centre without leaving a "sorry i was a a$$ and swiped ya car heres my details note for insuarnaces". lucky for mum on that day an unmarked copper in his unmarked patrol car was parked in carpark eating lunch and witnessed the whole incident got the guys details cooee'd the guy over, gave him a ticket for not leaving his details and waited for mum to come back to her car and told her what had happened!