18 year old lgv drivers

This will sound like an excellent idea (i.e. inexpensive governmental kick in the goolies for LGV drivers) until some bright spark with 3 days experience wipes out a family whilst chattin’ to his bird or turning left over the footpath. An 18 yr old with less than a year in a car is totally unsuited to piloting 44 tonnes, especially if he takes his test unladen. As for insurance, ha! Imagine the TM at wages time. “Look, we’ve given you a job but the insurance premium has doubled so there’s no money for a pay rise, for you or the rest of the drivers!”
There’s a point. At 18 yrs old will they be expected to work for the minimum wage?