Ms Amor returned to her car after shopping for half an hour on Monday night to find it was heavily damaged up one side, with no note or details left by the person responsible.

The damage done to the Amor’s four-wheel-drive is estimated to cost $3500-4000 and although they are insured, they are still facing a $700 excess and the inconvenience of having to get their vehicle repaired.

A poll conducted by the Daily Liberal in response to the Amor’s story revealed 92.5 per cent of respondents had their car damaged while parked in a public place.

There was also feedback on the Daily Liberal’s Facebook page from motorists who had also had their cars damaged while in car parks around the city.

Andrew Kirkup, Luke Fistr and Geraldine Wane all said they had not long owned cars before they received their first marks because of car parking incidents.

Nicole Nathan’s early experiences with parking in the city left a sour taste in her mouth.

“The first week I moved to Dubbo, I had a trolley left beside my car at Orana Mall, which left scratches on the door. And not long ago, I had a similar experience to the incident in this article, but in the Dubbo Square car park,” she said.

Val Longmire was able to exchange details and avoid paying an excess.

“I had similar [thing] happen to my car. I was lucky enough that the driver actually didn’t realise they did it and stayed parked next to my car with my paint on their bumper. I was able to get their details and claim on my insurance. “

Others suggested that car park spaces also needed to be made bigger to accommodate the growing number of four-wheel-drives on the road.

“With all the big vehicles in this area, car parks need to be bigger!!! It's not always easy to find one between two smaller cars because you need every inch of space between the lines for your big vehicle,” Tammy Westgarth said.

Statistics from the NRMA Insurance revealed they deal with almost 20,000 claims for incidents in car parks every year. In 2014-15, their most recent data, there were 19,260 collisions, with Thursday the most common day for collisions.

“Typical parking collisions involved hitting other cars, runaway shopping trolleys, or scraping pylons and poles, with 46 per cent of car park collisions occurring while reversing,” An NRMA Insurance spokesperson said.

“We encourage drivers to obey the parking rules and remain considerate and alert for other drivers.”