{"id":108790,"date":"2020-01-28T15:42:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T13:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=108790"},"modified":"2020-01-28T15:42:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T13:42:46","slug":"speed-limit-n4-reverts-120km-p-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/01\/28\/speed-limit-n4-reverts-120km-p-h\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed limit on N4 reverts to 120km p\/h"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Road users soon started warning each other of the sudden reduction, after traffic officials capitalised on the occasion with a speed trapping ambush, long before the speed reduction was common knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Media Spokesperson for TRAC N4, Solange Soares, confirmed that a temporary speed reduction had been put into place, to prevent accidents under unfavourable weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The speed limit was reduced to 100km p\/h last week, on a section of the N4, spanning from the Shell Ultra City outside Middelburg to the off-ramp at the Ridge Casino.<br \/>\nAccording to Ms. Soares, the speed limit has reverted back to 120km p\/h.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A temporary reduction of the speed limit on the N4 highway caused confusion under motorists, some of whom were caught with a nasty fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":108791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[10010,12898,22989,22991,22990,22992,22993,4648,17357,22995,10333,22994],"class_list":["post-108790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-n4-highay","tag-n4-middelburg-speed-limit","tag-speed-limit-on-n4-middelburg","tag-speed-reduction","tag-speed-reduction-on-n4","tag-trac","tag-trac-n4-toll-route","tag-traffic-officers-trap-on-n4-highway","tag-trusted-news","tag-what-is-the-speed-limit-on-n4-between-middelburg-and-witbank"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["local news","middelburg news","N4 highay","N4 Middelburg speed limit","Speed limit on n4 middelburg","speed reduction","speed reduction on N4","TRAC","trac n4 toll route","traffic officers trap on N4 highway","trusted news","what is the speed limit on N4 between Middelburg and Witbank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}