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The handle that is located above the car door on the interior of the car or across from the mirror on the outside of the car. Sometimes it is used for getting into the car, but can also be used for oh shit moments when the passenger wishes not to be tossed around the car on turns, hard breaking, or fast driving.
I hold on to the oh shit handle every time there is a turn or a hard breaking in the car to brace myself so I do not move around the car and get hurt.
the handle in most cars. Commonly known for hanging laundered garments. Also known for its use in grabbing upon during sharp turns or braking.
Hold on. Better grab the oh shit handle
Often called "oshes"
They are the handles found above car doors that are usually grasped when a passenger feels that the driver is driving irratically.
When he did 75 around that curve, she had a white knuckle grasp on the oh shit handle.
The handles located above the door on the passenger side. Grabbed when the vehicle is out of control and usually accompanied by an "OH SHIT!"
Billy was high when he was driving, I swear I grabbed the oh shit handles like a hundred times.
My grandma was riding the oh shit handles even though we were only going like 40 mph.
term referring to the handles above or adjacent to the windows of a car. they are most often grabbed when the driver initiates sudden, and often extreme, accelerating or decelerating motion of the vehicle. some prefer to hold on to them at all times due to anxiety or distrust of the drivers abilities in general.
Man, I can't believe you totaled your car! I'll be safer rollin' with the ghost of Eval Knieval than with you in a car with no oh shit handles
The handle on the roof or up high on the side of a car on the inside that you can hold while going around really sharp turns, etc. but usually never use. When you do use it it is probably during something very dangerous, i.e. drifting around public roads or swerving around deer, and gets its name from the words you exclaim at the times you have to grab it.
"OH SHIT" I said as I grabbed the oh-shit handle when we were drifting around the really sharp turn.
the handle above you head in a car or truck whenever an oh shit moment is about to happ
oh shit we're fixin to roll over earl grab the "oh shit" handle