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two-second rule

gap of two seconds between the rear bumper of the vehicle in front and the front bumper of the vehicle following in the same lane, regardless of the vehicles' speed(s)
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two-second rule

Summary

two-second rule is a rule of thumb[1]. It draws 101 Wikipedia views per month (rule_of_thumb category, ranking #10 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • two-second rule's instance of is recorded as rule of thumb[3].
  • two-second rule's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/048f53[4].
  • two-second rule's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779379226[5].

Why It Matters

two-second rule draws 101 Wikipedia views per month (rule_of_thumb category, ranking #10 of 22).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . drivingtests.co.nz. drivingtests.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). two-second rule. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/two-second-rule
MLA “two-second rule.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/two-second-rule.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_two-second-rule_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{two-second rule}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/two-second-rule}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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