Although they can perform a number of tasks of which no individual human is capable, they are not intellects and there are many fields in which they perform much worse than a human brain - for example, you can't have real-time conversation with the scientific community.
The kerb or curb weight is the weight of the vehicle minus any passengers or cargo. This refers to the weight of the car if it was parked on the curb without anything in it. It still has all the necessary equipment and fuel but doesn't have any added weight that isn't built into the car. The gross weight refers to the car's total weight when it has added passengers and cargo.
When the determining factor is the weight of the hazardous material, and only the hazardous material, the HMR will refer to the net weight. When the determining factor is the weight of the packaging (ie. the HazMat, container/packaging, absorbant material or dunnage, inner containers, etc.) the HMR will refer to the gross weight. Gross weight is defined at 49 CFR 171.8: Gross weight or Gross mass means the weight of a packaging plus the weight of its contents. Net weight is not defined in the HMR, but the USDOT/PHMSA did make clear in an interpretation letter : The term gross mass is defined in Â§ 171.8 as âthe weight of a packaging plus the weight of its contents.â The term ânet massâ means the weight of the contents in a packaging. The difference between the two terms is the fact that you include the weight of the packaging in determining its ...