Club Driver Guidelines

Recommended Guidelines for Compensation of Drivers
Everybody's transportation costs have increased significantly over the past years. Some BCMC members and frequent chauffeurs have felt frustrations about the current, most common system on how to share transportation costs, where all participants only share the cost of gas (no extra to offset maintenance, tires, and associated costs) and a few drivers charge what they see fit.

Club members Werner Grzimek and Francis St. Pierre were asked to research fair and equitable ways to share costs, and have come up with the following guidelines. The executive has approved of these guidelines, and strongly recommends their use by passengers and drivers on club trips.

We realize that by following these guidelines, passengers may end up paying significantly more than in the past for equal trips. Unfortunately, this is a byproduct of equitably distributing the real costs of transportation. One of the additional effects of this compensation plan is that it also encourages carpooling, benefiting the environment.