There's nothing in that heap o' stuff saying that YOU have to be allowed to be the driver. If it were hugely impractical to obtain a qualified driver this would be a different story. Would you really want acne-faces taking Mack trucks onto the roads on a whim, no lessons?
Correct. However, that heap of stuff says that nobody has the right or authority to deny me the RIGHT to be the driver.
What is "allowed" is between parent and child, not between citizen and government, at least as regards travel.