{"id":111759,"date":"2016-01-27T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111759\/safety-tips-for-parking-your-vehicle\/"},"modified":"2016-01-28T09:42:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T07:42:27","slug":"safety-tips-for-parking-your-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/01\/27\/safety-tips-for-parking-your-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety tips for parking your vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SAPS have compiled a list of safety tips for the community to take into account when they are parking their vehicles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid parking your motor vehicle where there are no security officers guarding other cars.<\/li>\n<li>Do not leave your firearm in the motor vehicle\u2019s glove compartment or anywhere in the vehicle when you park the vehicle (this is against the law).<\/li>\n<li>Make sure that all the doors and windows are properly locked when you park your vehicle.<\/li>\n<li>Valuable items like a laptop and camera should be put in the boot of your vehicle if left in the vehicle while parked.<\/li>\n<li>At night, park in well-lit areas.<\/li>\n<li>If in doubt about the safety of an area, phone a police station for advice.<\/li>\n<li>Practice the same prevention skills you apply in parking lots or garages at home.<\/li>\n<li>Do not leave your keys in the ignition.<\/li>\n<li>Remove detachable radios and the radio\u2019s face when getting out of the car.<\/li>\n<li>Try to fit an alarm and\/or anti-theft device in your car.<\/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><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\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='9cbd94a184fb01fbd8f66f3c76c6a647'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avoid parking your motor vehicle where there are no security officers guarding other cars \u2013 say police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":111909,"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":[8297,989,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,999,998],"class_list":["post-111759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-crime","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","crime","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\/111759","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=111759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}