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It is a tricycle. By law you are required to have two brakes or methods of slowing a bike/trike. It is a compromise design as it is very difficult to mount effective braking to the rear wheels of tricycles as there are no chain stays immediately adjacent to the wheel rims, and besides, braking on just one side would be particularly dangerous for obvious reasons.