Originally Posted by
TomJoad
Not so much a drill but even today when in the car I always call out "clear left or right" at a junction when I'm a passenger - my wife understands it fine. Maybe it's in common use now or always was.
Hmm. I was driving a demo car with the salesman alongside who called clear left. Looked quite perplexed when I asked "are you a pilot?"
"Of course: how did you know?"