{"id":41698,"date":"2025-12-04T12:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T10:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/smart-towing-tips-for-a-trouble-free-holiday\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T10:05:10","slug":"smart-towing-tips-for-a-trouble-free-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/smart-towing-tips-for-a-trouble-free-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart towing tips for a trouble-free holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the traditional festive-season rush almost underway, South Africa’s roads will once again experience sharply rising traffic volumes. Authorities are preparing for this busy holiday periods with long-distance travel, family trips, and coastal getaways all contributing to heightened congestion and increased risk.<\/p>\n

Dewald Ranft, Chairman of the Motor Industry Workshop Association (MIWA), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), is urging motorists to take extra care – particularly those towing trailers, boats or caravans. “Incorrect towing is a major contributor to serious accidents every December. A few simple checks and responsible behaviour can prevent unnecessary tragedies,” he says.<\/p>\n

Pre-trip preparation<\/p>\n

Ranft stresses the need to service and inspect any trailer, boat or caravan before departure. “These units often stand for months without being used. Before you hit the road, have a qualified repairer check the brakes (if…<\/p>\n

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With the traditional festive-season rush almost underway, South Africa’s roads will once again experience sharply rising traffic volumes. Authorities are preparing for this busy holiday periods with long-distance travel, family trips, and coastal getaways all contributing to heightened congestion and increased risk. Dewald Ranft, Chairman of the Motor Industry Workshop Association (MIWA), a proud association […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41699,"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\/A%20trailer%20being%20checked%20for%20possible%20overloading_(2).JPG","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/A%20trailer%20being%20checked%20for%20possible%20overloading_(2).JPG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41698","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=41698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}