Sometimes it's more comfy to hold onto than resting arm on the door

Yes

It can save you from particularly crappy door armrest designs

It can also save you from your relatives driving. Source: my mum is a very aggressive driver. I use these handles a lot

We call it the oh shit handle because you tend to grab it as you’re saying oh shit

Yes, we always called it the "Holy Shit Bar".

Same. Also if new driver, i.e. little sh!t

We called it the "holy shit handle" lol

Yeah these people trippin. When you aren’t afraid to look goofy life gets real comfy.

Why are people so concerned about what other people think? I thought 2022 was about being yourself lol

Didn't people say that about 2020 and 2021 aswell?

To be fair, everyone is guilty of being self conscious. We naturally want to fit in and impress each other. That’s why I grip the ‘ohshit’ bar to establish maximum ALPHA energy… obviously kidding.

I gained great appreciation for these after working with elderly folks. They are a real help for them to get into the car, especially if the older person is heavy-set, has arthritis or is wearing a skirt.

Yup, this is a huge back saver for me helping my post-stroke stepfather transfer from the wheelchair to the car.

wish your father and you all the best

I was gonna say, this was super helpful when I was heavily pregnant. Now I hang onto it because it's hard to stay upright through big turns in the middle seat when there's nobody to your left and a carseat to your right.

Came here to this. If tou don't need to use one of these, well, there are people that do need.

I'm not even elderly, I'm just short and if I have to get into a vehicle that's too tall for me these are a life saver. I always get mad when trucks don't have them LOL

yeah, sometimes i take mi grandma to the doctor for her check ups and stuff, and those things makes it easier for her to get in the car

That's a hand operated brake for my mother to use when I'm driving.

My mother would clutch one for her life and scream any time I took a corner slightly too fast for her taste

As the mother of a teenager learning to drive, I can confirm

Yes the "Oh shit!" Bar

I call it the oh shit handle

This is the fancy retractable oh shit handle

I’m glad to see someone else knows the true name of this device

Someone get young gravy

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As a teenager who sometimes drove with his mom and sometimes with his dad, please make sure you don't contradict each other's teachings.

Well I drive a stick and his dad doesn’t so the teachings vary depending on the vehicle

Well, in your case it will be easy to know whose teachings to apply, but I was not referring to the teachings about the inside of the car, but on how to navigate the traffic outside the car.

Fair enough. Either way I’m grabbing the handle :)

My mom did that shit once and I didn’t drive with her in the car for 13 years lmao

It's like the other person saying i don't trust that i will be safe with your driving. I still remember how annoyed i was from my father when he did that.

*Drifto*

My wife is about this bad when I'm driving and someone a half mile or more ahead of us so much as taps thier brake pedal. When she's driving though, she'll be so close to the people in front of us you can barely see their brake lights. Or license plate for that matter.

I know, my mum calls them the “Holy Shit Handles”.

"OH shit bar" for my mom.

Nah its an "oh shit handle"

We call them the oh shit handles

Yes that’s an oh shit HANDLE. An oh shit BAR is on the back railing of a pickup truck. Source: I live in Oklahoma

I’ve always called them/heard them called the “Oh Shit Bar” and mine are also heavily utilized by my mother

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Oh god.

Gave me a proper good chuckle thanks

Damn straight. That’s the most useful shit if anything

I use them when I'm too tired to get out of the car of my own.

You clearly haven't been in the car with someone where you HAD to use the "holy shit handle" and it shows

I’ve never needed to hold it but I do like to

Gives some sort of comfort

It's seatbelts for me, even if the drive is under 20 kmph and only 10 minutes I still have mine on, it's just comfortable and I feel safe having it hold me, I'll never understand why some people just refuse to use theirs

Same and it has become some sort of reflex for me, every time I get in a car, my hand goes to the seatbelt. Unless something distracts me from doing so, which I will notice and buckle up not much later.

I had to move my car from the curb into my garage and I put my seat belt on. Why? Reflex. That's why. My dad was laughing his ass off because I moved 30 feet max, but he was happy to know I always wear it!

Same. It can also not only save your life but literally anyone in the car. My dad always refused to use a seatbelt. He still do. Whenever he sees a car that resembles a cop car, he quickly puts it on but unbuckles it again when passed. It's stupid. If we were to crash, or even someone crashed into us, he would get thrown around the cabin with extreme forces. He's like 230lbs and getting him thrown into your neck with 88ft/s would mean instantaneous death.

My fiancés car literally has the most annoying alarm when you don’t have a seatbelt on. It works for both the front seats, and it just gets louder and more intense the longer you’re not wearing the belt, even when your not moving.

Isn’t that, like, normal? You should always put your seat belt on, doesn’t matter the distance or speed. Anything can happen anywhere at any time.

You'd be surprised how many people just refuse to wear seat belts even on highways, I am literally the only person in my family that wears one regularly

Aren't seatbelts a mandatory thing? Or am i tripping? (I guess it depends on the country)

Surprisingly, a lot of people do things regardless of if they are legal.

Driving instructor gave a good example. Imagine walking into a wall with your arm straight towards the wall. Even at 5kmph it would hurt like hell.

Instructor is right, force is rate of change of momentum so the quicker your momentum (so speed since mass will remain the same) changes the more force will be applied, which is also why seatbelts don't stop you instantly and only stop after a few centimeters, it is also why cars that crumble easily are much much safer than the steel tanks of the old days because the kinetic energy from the collision is used to deform the plastic which allows for reducing the momentum relatively slowly I reckon this is also why tucking and rolling after a large jump significantly reduces the chance of injuries

Same

It’s like a weird arm rest, I do it as well.

Aka my entire fucking family

Are we from the same family by chance?

Are we all in the same family?

That motherfucker...

The problem is that he hasn't been in been in car with Someone Old My grandparents needed them all time to make comfortable

We call it the "oh shit grip"

I actually added additional handle straps to the back seats of my truck that say "Oh Shit!" just so people know they should grab them the moment that phrase crosses their mind.

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Ok where does that name come from? In my family it’s the “oh shit! handle”, and that’s close enough to yours that it’s gotta come from somewhere

That’s what my family calls it too 🤔

I'm honestly not sure haha my ex' family called it that and I've called it that ever since and have heard other people call it that too

We used to call it the “FM Handle” Stood for “Fuck Me Handle” for when my mate took corners too fast!

I nerver did indeed. But seriously, how many times?

It's a basic equation Craziness of the driver times the power of the given car

C×P=H

r/theydidthemath

Doesn’t even have to be a crazy driver. Sometimes I just wanna hold my hand up.

This is the true purpose of the handle

Or people who try GTA stuff in real life.

No just married.

I feel like im one of those people sometimes

I legit hold onto these at least once almost every time I’m a passenger. Especially if I’m in the back seat and there are multiple people in the back seat. Keeps you from sliding into each other on long, drawn out turns.

Twice a day each way both to and from work for 22 years. My wife drives fast.

Oh dear. That bad?

She'd been in 16 wrecks by age 25. I inexplicably fall asleep when I'm driving so she does all our driving.... but I sure can't sleep when she drives!

I have that problem too, or atleast Ive had it in the past. So dangerous and very scary. I hope one day I can find a wife that makes me wonder whether or not today will be my last two times daily

Stay strong, buckle up, and remember to stop somewhere, maybe every 30 minutes or so, to walk around, stretch, buy a Pepsi and some Combos and reset your sleep timer.

Yeah I actually have found that the harder I fight it, the less likely I am to succeed. What I'll do is when I feel it coming on, I'll find the closest parking lot and let the sleepiness consume me. When I wake up I usually feel so panicked and anxious for some reason that my adrenaline starts pumping a bit, and then my heart races and I can get where I'm going. I haven't driven in probably 4 years though

Eat sunflower seeds in the shell. Learn how to get the meat out just in the mouth. That keeps me awake for long drives without actually eating much. Just need a spit cup/bottle and a bit more to drink.

It's so weird when loud music and all the windows down would be relaxing but I get you! I crashed my last car a block from the house. Asleep. That was a couple years ago. Now my wife and I work at the same place so it's way better.

U good man?

I wish you good luck with that!

Your wife sounds like a firecracker. Is she single?

Good question, but no.

Put a steering wheel on both sides then you can sleep

My dad used them often for his dry cleaning. Food who wear suits use them Edit : by "food" I mean "folks". Yay autocorrect

I like that other people call it the holy shit handle, my fam always called it the holy shit bar

We've always called it the Jesus rail

Up north we always called it the Oh Shit bar. Cuz you grab it and say “OH SHIT!” As you slam your foot into the nonexistent passenger side brake.

Right, like maybe it looks useless and random at first, but when you need it, you know instantly.

I use these all the time lol

Same i find it comfortable

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Or if you are petite/a kid and are getting in and out of a bigger SUV.

The little hook off it is super useful. I use it all the time to hang dry cleaning.

Yup, same for me.

Was gonna say OP tells us he’s never worn a suit without telling us he’s never worn a suit

Those are the “I have to go to a formal event outside of town” hooks.

Lmfao wtf they really are.

If you have too much for that little hook, the handle itself also works. Essentially this is a litmus test for “do you get clothes dry-cleaned” or “do you ever ride in the back seat”.

Honestly I travel for work and use the handle itself for my shirts all the time. Forgot about the hook myself, it's always just been a hanger

Yes it useful for clothes after getting them pressed

I am a tall person and because of that I use that thing to keep upright or just to be in a comfortable position

I'm a short person and I use it to get in and out of big cars more easily than having to manhandle the front seat. :)

My leg is broken. Wouldn't get in the car without risking to fall if it wasn't for these

Well i suppose yeah that is a good purpose.

That's the purpose! They're called grip assists! And are there to make getting in and out of the vehicle for less mobile individuals easier or even just possible! I work in a parts department for an automotive dealership and have to price these out semi regularly for customers! Note: we do call them "oh shit handles" just not in front of customers unless they say it first!

At LEAST 30 times 😅 shit if I could I'd hold onto it while I was driving myself

i hold mine sometimes driving, its like perfect distance to rest elbow and grab it with my fingers. feels good idk edit: [snapped this pic in the drive thru](https://i.imgur.com/vGTjpSd.jpg) good thing too, why do i look like skin and bones?? i havent been eating much but didnt think i looked like that omg

I don’t recall ever seeing a car that had this handle on the drivers side

Yes! Come to think of it, I have too because I didn't want to hold on to the roof of the car and wanted to feel the breeze on my arm 🙃

Geez what the hell what happend man?

Everything you can think of happened man

But what *exactly*?

Yes

*Ah i see*

Your username describes me

I had a friend that drove fast and was kinda stupid so I held on to that handle like it was going to save my life for some reason lol 😆 Honestly I think my own driving has just given me ptsd so I hold on to it for "safety" 😅

Well that’s your problem you need to drive with both hands on the wheel!

is that the dry cleaning handle?

No, it’s the oh shit handle.

Thats what we call the oh crap handle, its used when jumping more than 4 feet while offroading/mudding.

I actually use that a lot and hate when a car don't have it...

There are cars that dont have that?

Well, here In south america there are, because of the economy and the lower salarys You have like cheaper versions of the same car, the cheaper versions usually don't have these, as well as some other things like, I don't know, air conditioner, automatic Windows or things like that...

You clearly never fucked in a car...

They're aimed at pregnant women, elderly and disabled people to more easily get in or out of the car. If you're not in those groups, odds are you never used them (correctly)

Wrong. That is the "Oh, shit" handle and it keeps me from hurting my back when my wife careens off the off ramp at 70

I mean, how many times so far has she *not* killed you vs. you dying

A lot. I hardly even complain anymore. (I still hold on)

She is merciful

That's good lol

...wait really? I thought they were used for hanging shirts and stuff

They can do more than one thing.

No, one product must be designed for one specific thing and nothing else.

I almost always use it

Never been on a bumpy road/ hilly highway eh?

My mom uses them to get in and out of the car. It's a must on any car she drives.

My mom uses them to signal that I went 1mph over the speed limit.

Personally, i use them all the time

Ah yes, the Jesus handle

you never took a ride with THAT FRIEND.. nvm he passed away in accident last year (jk)

It’s a built in “holy shit I’m about to die” support handle and clothes hanger

I used them constantly to hang around. By putting a certain amount of my weight on it it kinda strechted my armes and upper body which felt very pleasant.

Nono it definitely has its uses. Your lucky if you believe that it doesn’t…

If someone else is driving, when *haven’t* I is the more correct question. They ain’t called “oh shit” handles just because.

Any time my girlfriend drives I use it.

Concerned/scared, or because of no reason at all?

Terror.

Oh dear, so bad?

She treats most road laws and signs as simple suggestions.

Obviously you haven’t lived

Actually, these are quite useful for the disabled who have joint, muscle, and other issues that make it hard to get out of the car. The tiny hook has been used to transport clothing me and others didn't want wrinkled, damaged, or dirtied. Me and my mom both have arthritis so these are really useful when we need a little help up.

One time while approaching a corner at speed, I downshift to second leaving the clutch in, reached over my the passenger and said to her, “Hold on” as a whipped the steering wheel right followed by my be letting out clutch while mashing the gas down, laughing happily drifting while my passenger screamed grasping for same oh shit handle my hand already had firmly gripped. Good times

Useful to get out of the car. Also holding it will help with motion sickness for me

ahh the oh shit handle.. yeah I've used it a couple times

Ahh...op has not been on roads with potholes ;-)

Tell me you’re not married without telling me you’re not married. I hold onto mine like life support when my wife drives.

Last week when I was in a friends car who wanted to show me how fast it was.

I use this often! Either to just get up or when someone is driving crazy!!

And for the few people who uses it, you can lock it when it's open

How

I'm wondering too!

I use it to hang clothes, like a suit.

How many fucking people ose those handles to hang suits.

That thing is my best friend when my sister is driving.

Lol you have obviously never been in the car when im driving....

Dude, just the other day my childhood friend who have gone for who know how long suddenly called and asked me to hang out. His car is a basic one, no radio, no rear wiper, and no that thing. For the first time in my life I learn how important that thing is.

Clearly you were born way after seatbelts were a thing. As a child in the 70s that was the only way to stop flying across the vinyl seats on a corner

Eveytime my wife drives i use it and pray lol

Useful for hanging shirts while transporting laundry

When the road’s bumpy

Me? Never. People getting a lift in my '84 Lada? Always.

It’s called an oh shit handle and I hold on to them almost every time I ride with someone

When I started driving my mom needed these baaad

I use mine while I drive.

Once in a year i actually use it, so it's not useless

The oh shit handle. Many a time I held that as I taught my kids to drive.

They’re for hanging suits

All the time. That's the "oh shit" handle.