{"id":39625,"date":"2025-09-17T04:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T02:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/spring-rains-bring-road-safety-risks-miwa-urges-motorists-to-be-prepared\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T04:56:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T02:56:02","slug":"spring-rains-bring-road-safety-risks-miwa-urges-motorists-to-be-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/spring-rains-bring-road-safety-risks-miwa-urges-motorists-to-be-prepared\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring rains bring road safety risks \u2013 MIWA urges motorists to be prepared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In stark contrast to the heavy rain and thunderstorm warnings issued for KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State, Eastern Northern Cape and Eastern Cape, Gauteng has remained largely dry. Many residents are crossing their fingers for much-needed showers, but when the rains do arrive, motorists should be prepared for the sudden change in driving conditions. <\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, as Gautengers&rsquo; contend with only a few irritating drops that leave windscreens smeared and dirty, the Motor Industry Workshop Association (MIWA), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), is urging motorists to take extra care on the roads and ensure their vehicles are &ldquo;rain-ready&rdquo; when the heavens finally open.<\/p>\n<p>Dewald Ranft, Chairman of MIWA, says the first rains after a long dry winter are notorious for contributing to a spike in road accidents. &ldquo;During dry periods, oil, fuel and rubber particles from vehicles build up on road surfaces. The first showers loosen this layer,&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=74606&#038;page=spring-rains-bring-road-safety-risks-miwa-urges-motorists-to-be-prepared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In stark contrast to the heavy rain and thunderstorm warnings issued for KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State, Eastern Northern Cape and Eastern Cape, Gauteng has remained largely dry. Many residents are crossing their fingers for much-needed showers, but when the rains do arrive, motorists should be prepared for the sudden change in driving conditions. In the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/driving%20in%20rain%20wiper%20blades(1).jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[99,852,164,66,2371],"class_list":["post-39625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-eastern-cape","tag-free-state","tag-gauteng","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-northern-cape"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/driving%20in%20rain%20wiper%20blades(1).jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}