{"id":141476,"date":"2017-01-13T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/141476\/be-prepared-in-case-you-get-involved-in-an-accident\/"},"modified":"2017-01-13T08:03:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T06:03:00","slug":"be-prepared-in-case-you-get-involved-in-an-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/13\/be-prepared-in-case-you-get-involved-in-an-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Be prepared in case you get involved in an accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A savvy road-user is always prepared.<\/p>\n<p>One never knows when one might be involved in a car accident.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a pleasant experience, which we wish won\u2019t happen but unfortunately it might.<\/p>\n<p>When using the road as a motorist, it&#8217;s important to understand that you may be involved in a car accident at any stage &#8211; and being prepared for it, will reduce the amount of stress the situation brings.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>You should always have these things in your car:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pencil and notebook.<\/li>\n<li>Insurance claim form.<\/li>\n<li>Chalk.<\/li>\n<li>First-aid kit.<\/li>\n<li>Flashing torch.<\/li>\n<li>Red reflective triangle\/s.<\/li>\n<li>Camera.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Having these things available, will mean that you can clear up all that needs to be taken care of, in the quickest time possible &#8211; so that a regular flow of traffic can resume as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Information sourced from: Drive South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You also might want to read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/141472\/avoid-a-pedestrian-accident\/\">Avoid a pedestrian accident<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/141471\/back-to-basics\/\">Back-to-basics<\/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='0364816b2bcdae7877c8814a61f3db23'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have these items ready in your car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":142191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[12074,13420,13422,11993,13416,1106,969,13419,6826,13418,11236,13417,2749,13421],"class_list":["post-141476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-camera","tag-chalk","tag-checklist","tag-first-aid-kit","tag-flashing-torch","tag-gcn","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-insurance-claim-form","tag-motorists","tag-notebook","tag-pencil","tag-pencil-and-notebook","tag-puleng-sekabate","tag-red-reflective-triangles"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["camera","Chalk","checklist","first aid kit","Flashing torch","GCN","germiston city news","Insurance claim form","motorists","notebook","pencil","Pencil and notebook","Puleng Sekabate","Red reflective triangle\/s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141476","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=141476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}