i think, perhaps the cockroach has a bad sense of direction. even with its filthy feelers/whiskers/antennas or wadchucallit...
while waiting for a cab at somerset yesterday, me n ninie had our attention diverted to this suicidal cockroach that crawled past our feet and then to the busy road. we were almost screaming while each vehicle(car, taxi, bike, BUS) that came by almost crushed the poor fella. probably thinking twice abt being roadkill, it ended up unhurt at the side of the road and crawled back on to the pathway. can u imagine the POP sound if it got crushed?

funny scenario. thought u might want to imagine.