Jays, yes, a Reliant Robin is a motorbike from the driving licence point of view. Even more daftly so is a Scammel Scarab.
And the one illustrated can gross at 6 tons!
Graham - as far as I know, the problem is not the UK view of a three wheeler, but some other countries in the EEC.
As I understand the workings of the EEC, there is no chance of the third directive being ammended as the original proposal document should have been discussed in all countries and the final proposal was accepted by the EEC Parliament and thus required to become law in member states.
The only way forward would be a fourth European directive on driving licences, ie a new one, that correctly differentiated between the car bodied and the motor cycle bodied trikes. It's at this point education is needed as to what a three wheeler can be.
Bear in mind the third directive became law at the beginning of the year but I believe the discussion document that started the problem appeared in 2006!
