{"id":142173,"date":"2017-01-24T07:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T05:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/142173\/become-familiar-with-your-route-2\/"},"modified":"2017-01-24T13:39:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T11:39:22","slug":"become-familiar-with-your-route-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/24\/become-familiar-with-your-route-2\/","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><strong>The police ask that residents take the following safety tips to heart:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be 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>Always 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\/141467\/police-investigate-concealment-of-birth-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">Police investigate concealment of birth case<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/140383\/community-marches-against-substance-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community marches against substance abuse<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/139158\/tip-off-leads-to-arrest-of-suspected-dagga-dealers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tip-off leads to arrest of suspected dagga dealers<\/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='25c6f62c7891636a427ffd7f34080f9b'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SAPS offers safety tips to drivers after reports that smash-and-grab cases are on the increase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":141915,"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-142173","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\/142173","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=142173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}