18 year old lgv drivers

I think that young would be drivers should be apprenticed to the job, it would give more work time to a team of two drivers splitting the driving time 8 hours for the full licence holder, 4 hours for the learner, with appropriate breaks.This will give more working hours for less driving time in a day.
the government will of course have to subsidise the transport firms for the extra wages that will have to be paid out, but it cant work out any more than paying out dole or jobseekers allowance for these lads .