{"id":111756,"date":"2016-01-27T07:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T05:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111756\/become-familiar-with-your-route\/"},"modified":"2016-01-28T09:30:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T07:30:14","slug":"become-familiar-with-your-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/01\/27\/become-familiar-with-your-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Become familiar with your route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SAPS is appealing to the community to be alert and aware when driving.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after an increase in the number of smash-and-grabs being reported.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The police ask that residents take the following safety tips to heart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Be aware of people approaching your vehicle to inform you that you have a flat tyre; the intention can be to steal items they see inside the car or to hijack your car.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Always close your windows when driving in the city centre.<\/li>\n<li>Do not open your windows for hawkers along the road and\/or at the robots.<\/li>\n<li>Keep the doors locked and windows closed at all times.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use a cellphone unless you have a hands-free kit and the phone is kept out of sight.<\/li>\n<li>Lock your valuables in the car\u2019s boot before departure.<\/li>\n<li>Become familiar with your route before you start the trip; get a map of the route and study it.<\/li>\n<li>Store luggage in the vehicle\u2019s boot where it is out of sight.<\/li>\n<li>Do not leave your goods\/valuable items visible in the vehicle.<\/li>\n<li>Do not leave your handbag\/briefcase visible in the vehicle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111203\/manhunt-launched-for-alleged-hijackers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manhunt launched for alleged hijackers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111281\/hijackings-on-the-increase-in-elsburg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hijackings on the increase in Elsburg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111636\/be-aware-of-your-surroundings-says-cpf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Be aware of your surroundings \u2013 says CPF<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='749ffd1f0cac92822cb2ba91242d8f3d'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAPS offers safety tips to drivers after reports that smash-and-grab cases have increased.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":111918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,999,998],"class_list":["post-111756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-police","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","police","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}