{"id":13559,"date":"2013-08-21T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/13559\/car-safety-tipsorpolice-advise-on-car-safety\/"},"modified":"2013-08-21T10:38:27","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T08:38:27","slug":"car-safety-tipsorpolice-advise-on-car-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2013\/08\/21\/car-safety-tipsorpolice-advise-on-car-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Car safety tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Elsburg SAPS want to warn motorists in the area to be extra cautious.<\/p>\n<p>Const Dephney Phooko, communications officer for the Elsburg SAPS, provided the GCN with a list of car safety tips that can be followed:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Plan your route in advance and let someone know where you are going.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Be extra cautious when driving alone, especially at night.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Avoid stopping at remote places.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Never leave your valuables unattended in a vehicle, place everything in \u00a0the boot of your car.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0When approaching your gate, make sure that there is no vehicle following \u00a0you.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0When something feels or appears to be suspicious, take heed and act fast.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Be attentive to suspicious-looking people standing around your car.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Trim trees and bushes at the entrance to your driveway to avoid giving \u00a0criminals a hiding spot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div><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='64f9f403cbe1b6f341975cfa85484349'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police advise on car safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":23135,"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":[1531,1533,989,1318,1509,1532,1323],"class_list":["post-13559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-car-safety-tips","tag-caution","tag-crime","tag-elsburg","tag-elsburg-saps","tag-smash-and-grab","tag-warning"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["car safety tips","caution","crime","elsburg","Elsburg SAPS","smash-and-grab","warning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13559","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=13559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}