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		turbonaut 36 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nearly all UK drivers say headlights are too brigh... “Only a fool breaks the two second rule.” It’s a UK thing: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-highways-urges-d...

tim333 36 days ago [–]

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

tpholland 36 days ago | [–]

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

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