Hmmm…now what can I say about the number two? Any back seat drivers out there? If so, like me, you’ve probably pulled out the old two-second rule when reprimanding the man (ahem, I mean the “person”) behind the wheel. This is my go-to gripe when my husband gets a little 2 close 4 comfort.
Just in case you forgot ;), the two-second rule is a rule of thumb by which a driver may maintain a safe following distance at any speed. The rule is that a driver should ideally stay at least two seconds behind any vehicle that is directly in front of the driver’s vehicle.* Yeah, I’m pretty sure Bill follows the “split second rule” when he’s in the driver’s seat.
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Old English twā | Indo-european *DWI-, *DUWO- | Sanskrit DVÎ dvai (m) / dvā (f) / dve (n) | Proto-Hellenic *DWO | Greek, Attic ΔYO DUO | Latin DVO, -Æ | Archaic Latin *DWO | Italian due | French deux | Spanish and Catalan dos | Provençal dous (m), dos (f) | Portuguese dois (m), duas (f) | Romanian doi (m), două (f) | Romansh dus (m), duas (f) | Sardinian dúos (m), dúas (f) | Old Celtic DO | Breton daou (m), div (f) | Welsh dau (m), dwy (f) | Irish a dó (cardinal), dhá (things), beirt (persons) | Old Germanic TWAIZ | Dutch twee | German zwei | Danish and Norwegian to | Swedish två | Icelandic tveir | Old Slavic DUVA, DVE | Russian два dva | Czech dva | Slovenian dvá | Polish dwa | Proto Indo-Iranian *DVA | Persian دو do | Hindi d̪o | Old Chinese (pron.) ñzhi | Proto-Semitic *ThNÂ; KIL’ | Semitic root Th-N | Ancient Egyptian [sn.-] sen | Akkadian shénâ | Punic shnem | Arabic اِثنان ithna:n | Hebrew שתיים shtayim | Maltese tnejn | Amharic hulät | Magyar kettő | Turkish iki | Mayan ca | Nahuatl ōme | Suomi kaksi | Zulu (isi / ku)bili
