Education resources

Starting Out Safely program

Starting Out Safely is about children, parents, carers and early childhood educators working together to guide children’s learning in being and becoming safe and independent road users.


VicRoads funds Early Learning Association Australia to deliver the Starting Out Safely program throughout Victoria.

Starting Out Safely program character ThingleToodle appears in television commercials funded by the Transport Accident Commission. ThingleToodle also visits funded kindergarten programs throughout Victoria.

Program activities

Key statewide activities of Starting Out Safely include:

  • early childhood road safety education advocacy
  • professional development for early childhood educators
  • child restraint education, including culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and
  • ThingleToodle education sessions and activities.

Contacts

Starting Out Safely activities
Call Early Learning Association Australia on (03) 9489 3500.
Email: [email protected]

Got a question about child restraint road rules?
See the child restraints section of our website.