[nabs-l] Paying a Driver

[Brice Smith]

Hi, everyone.

What is the going rate to hire a driver? In this case, the trip would
be back and forth, twice a week, about 60 miles one way.

I asked someone I know who uses drivers and he said minimum wage or
higher, perhaps $10 an hour. That actually seems somewhat low to me.
Do most blind people pay flat fees or hourly? I believe the IRS
mileage rate is $.55 per mile, which would add up to about $30 for a
sixty mile one-way trip.

Brice