Alpatych kept meeting and overtaking baggage trains and troops on the road.
The slower class of meteors overtaking the earth (like the Andromedids of November) have a velocity of about 8 or 10 m.
It is a most expert swimmer and diver, easily overtaking and seizing fish in the water; but when it has captured its prey it brings it to shore to devour.
Project benefits The project is intended to provide guaranteed overtaking opportunities to reduce platoons, driver frustration and accidents.
Got my first speeding ticket on this - doing 45mph overtaking a dustbin lorry on a dual carriageway in Cleveleys.