{"id":84825,"date":"2015-03-27T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/84825\/top-eight-tips-for-tow-truck-users\/"},"modified":"2015-03-27T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T07:22:00","slug":"top-eight-tips-for-tow-truck-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/03\/27\/top-eight-tips-for-tow-truck-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Top eight tips when using a tow truck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Elsburg SAPS has issued the following safety tips to be aware of when having your vehicle towed:<\/p>\n<p>1. Be careful when making a deal with tow truck companies\/drivers.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>2. Read and understand the agreement entered into before signing the contract.<\/p>\n<p>3. Do not allow your vehicle to be towed to an unknown or unsafe destination.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>4. Get full details of the tow truck driver, registration of the tow truck and contact details of the towing company.<\/p>\n<p>5. If you are not sure of the terms and conditions of the contract don&#8217;t sign it.<\/p>\n<p>6. If you don&#8217;t agree with the terms and conditions of the contract don&#8217;t give permission for your vehicle to be towed.<\/p>\n<p>7. If your vehicle is towed without your consent or permission report the matter to the police as theft of a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>8. If your vehicle is not found at the agreed destination or pound report a case of theft of a motor vehicle immediately, to the nearest police station.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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='5247fbd1a2d436a40d428fc0899c3cfd'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight tips to keep you safe when having your car towed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":84888,"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":[1509,979,969,2734,999,998,6989,6988],"class_list":["post-84825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-elsburg-saps","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-police","tag-saps","tag-tips-for-using-a-tow-truck","tag-tow-trucks"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["Elsburg SAPS","germiston","germiston city news","melissa hart","police","SAPS","tips for using a tow truck","tow trucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84825","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=84825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}