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There is no common 2 second rule, afaik. There is a 3 second rule, which is probably why they feel too far apart to you.

“Only a fool breaks the two second rule.”

It’s a UK thing:

In the UK there often isn't really space for it. The M25 usually looks like https://i2-prod.mylondon.news/article14471160.ece/ALTERNATES...

...but you're often lucky to travel even a metre or so on the M25 in two seconds when it looks like that!