When will the government come to its senses?

Certainly not until 2010 which is election year. Owners of this contraptions will get away with it, i.e non-payment of registration fees, emmission test and yet they use the roads and cause traffic. I am not so sure if they require a driver's license to operate one of this. The "tyranny of the poor",
mahirap lang po kami - the owners will reason out.
We could now see an evolution of the pedal pushing "side-cars" to this motorized three wheelers which some folks call the "tricikan".
Brisk business for sellers of those Briggs and Straton gasoline engine water pumps.