N/S is left O/S is right hand side of car looking forward from drivers seat.Please settle this argument for me

Neil

The nearside is the side nearest the kerb.
The off side is the side off from (farthest from) the kerb.

So in a country like the UK which drives on the left, the nearside is the left (passenger's side) and the offside is the right (driver's side).

The motor trade (dealers, mechanics, body repairers) tend to use the terms "nearside" and "offside". The factory and development engineers don't, as they are usually dealing with both LHD and RHD cars, so they refer to the LH and RH of the car.

gerard

The correct answer to this N/S is nearest the kerb
lookiing at it any way you want

scadds_99

both of your top answers are wrong I'm afraid, n/s is passenger side o/s is drivers side 100%.

Ring of Uranus

Yes if you're in the UK

Leeds Lad

N/s means nearest to the kurb when the car is parked correctly, Off side is the drivers side, you are correct.

philipscown

Following from Geraldo, nearside is nearest the kerb - whichever way you look at it. This is the same principle as the nautical use of port and starboard. It's independent of the point of view.

JOHN H

If you drive on the left hand side of the road as in the UK then you are correct. If you drive on the right hand side of the road as in the USA then you are wrong.

The Tank

Yes it is, definately.
Nearside is the vehicle's left and Offside is the vehicle's right, as seen by facing forward.
This also applies to horses: front and rear OS (right) and NS (left) legs. You often hear horsey types and vets referring thus.

As this is the UK & Ireland site, any other variant is not applicable.

I've just read some of the other answers where thay say that the Offside is the driver's side. This is wrong. If you have a left hand drive car the offside is still the Right hand side. Those that call the kerb side the Nearside are more accurate but that doesn't apply to horses - their left is always the NS.

rowdy

The two sides of the road were called "onside" and offside". This dates from the days of horse-drawn vehicles. The driver's command for "left" was "come on" (to the kerb), and the command for "right" was "get off" (the kerb).

Well, HORSES understood it.

The right-hand side of the road is still called the "offside" to this day, but car drivers have changed "onside" to "nearside".

MICKY T

It depends on what side of the road you drive on.
If like here in the UK N/S is on the left,nearest to the kerb.(Passenger Side)
In the US or anywhere else that drives on the right N/S is on the right (Passenger Side)

H1976

If you sit in a vehicle, whatever hand drive it is the Off side is to your right, the near side is to your left.

car painter

n/s or pass side is nearest to the kirb.os or drivers side is side the driver sits

So i sleep a lot

This is dependant on lhd or rhd England is ns or mechanics near side front is kerb side Stay lucky

Daniel C

Nearside is nearest the driver, offside is furthest from driver. Has nothing to do with anything else; your contention would create confusion when it comes to cars with right-hand drive.

johnny mac

nearside is nearest the driver!

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