Nearside / Offside
You may have at some point recalled an engineer referring to a vehicles component location as being nearside or offside. So what does nearside and offside mean? The nearside offside definition for cars is as follows:
Easily remembered by using the kerb. The passenger side of your vehicle is closest to the kerb whilst driving in the UK. So think of the side nearest the kerb - nearside and the drivers side - offside. Other than the various nearside and offside vehicle components however, there are other situations when the nearside and offside phrase is used. When turning right at a crossroads along with the vehicle on the opposite side of the crossroads turning to their right, a decision has to be made whether to turn nearside or offside.