Abstract: A structural aid for assisting an occupant of a vehicle in rising from a seated position in the vehicle to a standing position outside the vehicle is disclosed. The structural aid includes sleeve means mounted in a door frame of the automobile and a handlebar insertable therein. The handlebar includes a sleeve-engaging portion adapted to be inserted in and withdrawn from the sleeve means and a handle portion graspable by the occupant. The sleeve means and the handlebar are configured so that when the sleeve-engaging portion is inserted in the sleeve means, the handlebar extends generally outwardly from the vehicle and the handle portion is positioned so as to be readily grasped by an occupant of the vehicle.