Presume that claims for Google cars or other driverless cars are valid.....= .. that is , a driverless car is safer than a human-piloted one... Does it make sense that driverless trucks would be safer, more fuel efficie= nt and very clever at routing ? Perhaps trucks could pick up and drop off = loads without human intervention. Shipments could be routed for maximum co= st saving without regard to transit time..... No humans touch the boxes fro= m start to finish. 99guspuppet --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .