On Nearly Getting Struck By A Car

While I'm no stranger to being hit by a motor vehicle under controlled conditions, today was somewhat different.  While crossing a downtown Montreal street, some dude pulled the corner without slowing down and almost hit me head on.
 
My first instinct was to block rather than dodge.
 
Maybe I have been doing too much gaming after all.  It wouldn't be fair to blame this on videogames when really it was just me being an idiot.