Speaking of hit and runs, we had a horrific one in oz last week..
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=87923
A guy plowed into a group of teenagers and killed 6 of them, then I think he got out of the car and ran off leaving his 2 kids sitting in the car. It will be interesting to see what he gets for a sentence but I am sure it will be a lot more than 12 weeks.