Driving a tricycle without a license belongs to driving a motor vehicle without a license. According to China's Road Traffic Safety Law, the punishment is: the traffic management department of the public security organ shall impose a fine of more than 200 yuan but less than 2000 yuan, and may also be detained for 15 days.
 [Legal Basis]
 The traffic management department of the public security organ shall impose a fine of not less than 200 yuan but not more than 2000 yuan on anyone who commits one of the following acts in the first paragraph (1) and (2) of Article 99 of the Road Traffic Safety Law:
 （1） Driving a motor vehicle without obtaining a motor vehicle driving license, or when the motor vehicle driving license is revoked, or when the motor vehicle driving license is temporarily detained. The driver's license of a motor vehicle may also be revoked if the perpetrator is in any of the circumstances in sub paragraph (2) or (4) of the preceding paragraph;
 Under any of the circumstances set forth in Items 1, 3, 5 to 8, a person may also be detained for not more than 15 days.