Scott Adams (Dilbert) wrote a blog post about how to match people who would like to travel together, instead of packages, a couple of years ago. But the problem

Scott Adams (Dilbert) wrote a blog post about how to match people who would like to travel together, instead of packages, a couple of years ago. But the problems, namely trust, are essentially the same. http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/06/how_i_solved_th.html http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/06/how_... His idea to connect people with GPS is something you could use. His screening idea's are something you could also incorporate. To make this an succes I would create a social networking site so that everyone who wants to participate can be publicly hold accountable. If all my personal data is known to you I would think twice before I'd steal a package. A scoring system would bring up the most reliable people to do business with.