[Nyororin]

I reread through the original post - there is *one* case where a pedestrian is considered at fault. If they run into the street within so many meters of a crosswalk. In driving school they made a big deal out of that (and even went so far as to say if you`re hit doing something like that, try to roll into the crosswalk)

The thinking is that the car will see you looking to cross and slow down to stop at the crosswalk stop line - but if you suddenly leap out into the street a little bit in front of it, the car will hit you even though it`s slowing down to stop.

I personally really like the percentage system. The other car is almost never totally at fault so everyone is a bit more careful. Obviously no one wants to hit anyone, but you start actively avoiding being hit - whereas in the US everyone seems to say "If they hit me, they`re the ones at fault!" and just sits there to try and collect insurance.