{"id":45484,"date":"2026-03-30T23:55:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/easter-travel-warning-smart-towing-and-vehicle-checks-more-critical-than-ever\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:55:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:55:04","slug":"easter-travel-warning-smart-towing-and-vehicle-checks-more-critical-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/easter-travel-warning-smart-towing-and-vehicle-checks-more-critical-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter travel warning – smart towing and vehicle checks more critical than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

As South Africans prepare for the upcoming Easter break, motorists are being urged to plan ahead and prioritise vehicle safety and fuel consumption – particularly those travelling with trailers, caravans or boats.<\/p>\n

This year’s travel period comes with added pressure. Widespread rain in many parts of the country is expected to make road conditions more hazardous, while anticipated fuel price increases in April are likely to impact travel budgets and planning of routes – especially for motorists towing, where fuel consumption is significantly higher.<\/p>\n

Dewald Ranft, Chairman of the Motor Industry Workshop Association (MIWA), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), says these combined factors make preparation more important than ever.<\/p>\n

“Wet weather and towing are not a good combination if vehicles and trailers are not properly maintained. Reduced visibility, longer stopping distances and the increased risk of trailer sway can quickly turn a holiday…<\/p>\n

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As South Africans prepare for the upcoming Easter break, motorists are being urged to plan ahead and prioritise vehicle safety and fuel consumption – particularly those travelling with trailers, caravans or boats. This year’s travel period comes with added pressure. Widespread rain in many parts of the country is expected to make road conditions more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45485,"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\/Screenshot%202026-03-30%20170258.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Screenshot%202026-03-30%20170258.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45484","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=45484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}