Which side of the car is "Near Side"

[Jolyon39]

This is british term and I am unsure which side you refer to.

Is the Near Side on the left hand side (Passenger side in the UK) or right hand side (Drivers side in the UK)?

Jolyon

[stevie_a]

<font color="teal"><b>Off Side = The Drivers Side of the Car, often shorten to O/S.

Near Side = The Passenger Side of the Car, often shorten to N/S.

An easy way to remember is Near Side is nearest the kerb, hence, Near Side.</b></font id="teal">

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[Marsu]

but it is an ambiguous term given it is relative to the steering wheel, which may be on left or right.

[Shauniedawn]

Not ambiguous in the UK though [:D]

Shaun

[FI Spyder]

It is a UK term not used in N/A where we use left hand side and right hand side always facing towards the front of the car. That doesn't change regardless of which side the steering wheel is on (we do get used UK and Japanese home market imports here). When you read N/S and O/S look at the country of poster and it will likely be UK and make your side adjustments accordingly. Not sure if Aus. and NZ use it as well.


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[Jolyon39]

<<<<Not sure if Aus. and NZ use it as well.>>>>

We may be Colonials.... but not THAT Colonial [8D]

Jolyon

[Marsu]

Nearly 25 years ago I had to under go a police interview following an accident (not my fault) and the statement and diagrams prepared from this used "near side" and "off side" terminology.

I'm not sure if this is still the practice here.

[RadioGuy]

And then there is passenger side and drivers side...[8D]


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[Hasbeen]

For all you young blokes, who are too young to understand the world, near & off side comes from the days of horse power of the real thing, the HORSE.

The near side was of course the side nearest the side of the road, out of the mud, the place you got on from. Obviously the "NEAR" side.

As horses were trained to be mounted from this near side, many of them became nervous, & frightened if someone tried to mount them from the wrong side. This would often cause the more excitable horse to buck, bolt, [that's run away, or gallop off for those more citified folk], or get hard to handle.

As a horse doing these things, when the prospective rider was only half on, often led to that person landing on their head, it became the side to fall off.

What else could you call it, but the "OFF" side.

So there you have it, the "NEAR" & the "OFF" side, & if you believe it, you're not as smart I though you were.

Hasbeen

[Cobber]

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many of them became nervous, & frightened if someone tried to mount them from the wrong side.
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<font size="2"><font face="Comic Sans MS">I've know a few girls like that too! [:p]</font id="Comic Sans MS"></font id="size2">

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[trv8]

Yeah! [:)] .
And they often bucked and got hard to handle [:p] [:D]