{"id":128608,"date":"2016-06-30T12:42:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T10:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=128608"},"modified":"2016-06-30T12:43:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T10:43:53","slug":"watch-how-easy-it-is-to-buy-and-install-blue-lights-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/128608\/watch-how-easy-it-is-to-buy-and-install-blue-lights-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: How easy it is to buy and install blue lights in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An SABC News expose reveals how easy it is to purchase, and illegally install, blue lights on the streets of South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>An undercover investigation by the SABC showed how journalists were able to buy and install blue lights from a motor spares shop in Roodepoort, for a price of only R50.<\/p>\n<p>Blue lights are believed to be easily accessible from China Malls, and are often used by criminals who pose as police officers to dupe citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The SAPS notes that a blue light is illegal for civilian vehicles and may only be fitted on vehicles operated by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and Municipal Police Services;<\/li>\n<li>Traffic officers;<\/li>\n<li>Members of the SANDF Military Police<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The shop owner explained to the journalist that they merely fit blue lights as requested by the customer. &#8220;If the customer wants it, its his problem,&#8221; the shop owner said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KkLMgaawvwg\" width=\"560\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on crime in South Africa<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/126263\/how-much-money-violent-crime-costs-south-africa-every-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">How much money violent crime costs South Africa every year<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/93294\/the-worst-crime-hot-spots-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\">The worst crime hot spots in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/99700\/how-many-crimes-in-south-africa-led-to-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\">How many crimes in South Africa led to arrests<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An SABC News expose reveals how easy it is to purchase and illegally install blue lights on the streets of South Africa, for as little as R50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":93302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5554],"tags":[26,667],"class_list":["post-128608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","tag-headline","tag-sabc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128608"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128616,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128608\/revisions\/128616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}