The 2016 Participatory Education Technique (PET) and Debate Competition of the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) took place from 3 to 7 October at the Bolivia Lodge, Polokwane.
The Western Cape was represented by four teams, two teams each for the respective categories Urban PET and Debate and two teams for Rural PET and Debate respectively.
The schools that represented the province in the PET debate were Breërivier High School (Rural) or BH, and Steenberg High or SB in the Urban Category.
The problems identified by BH:
The proposed solutions:
The SB problems were confined to Orchestra and Symphony Roads.
The problems centred on speeding and reckless driving, and jaywalking. The proposed solutions were an embayment, more pedestrian crossings in both roads, and road signs.
BH came third in the category PET rural.