{"id":129518,"date":"2016-08-03T07:43:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T05:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=129518"},"modified":"2016-08-02T14:57:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T12:57:13","slug":"drive-safely-in-extreme-weather-conditions-urges-aa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/08\/03\/drive-safely-in-extreme-weather-conditions-urges-aa\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive safely in extreme weather conditions &#8211; urges AA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">The Automobile Association (AA) has warned motorists to be extra vigilant when travelling on the road in extreme weather conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of wet, even icy, roads out there meaning that tyres may only have half as much grip on the surface as on dry roads.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Motorists need to be aware that the conditions are different and must adapt their driving accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They need to brake earlier, enter corners at slower speeds, and maintain focus on the road ahead at all times,\u201d the AA said.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit\">The AA also said it is important that motorists check that their windscreen wipers are working properly (front and back) and that their brakes are sound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit\">\u201cNow is not the time to take any chances with safety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit\">&#8220;Crashes in wet, icy conditions are common, and we advise everyone to heed the call to drive safely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit\">&#8220;Switch on your headlights, maintain a good following distance from the car ahead of you, and don\u2019t speed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit\">&#8220;Importantly, always wear your safety belt and ensure all children and passengers are also strapped in,\u201d the AA said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit\"><strong>Other articles you maybe interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit\"><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/129311\/play-pokemon-go-responsibly-aa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Play Pokemon Go responsibly \u2013 AA<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit\">\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit\">\n<\/p><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='f6903e75123e092cb5c2af94f0ad1617'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AA urges drivers to be extra vigilant in bad weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":129519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[508,7,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730],"class_list":["post-129518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129518","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\/557"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}