Some NYC cab drivers to wear bulletproof vests

[WoodPeckr]

Gun problem in the USA??? Naw, not according to the NRA!
Just a heads up in case you're planning a trip to The City....

Some NY cab drivers to wear bulletproof vests

Reuters - Wed Apr 20, 8:26 am ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – New York City livery cab drivers, often called to crime-ridden neighborhoods that yellow taxis tend to ignore, are being armed with bulletproof vests, an advocacy group said on Tuesday.

Citing some deadly attacks on the drivers the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers distributed the vests on Monday and drivers started using them immediately.

Priority was given to drivers working the night shift in areas where statistics showed high incidence of attacks -- chiefly in outlying parts of boroughs outside Manhattan.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

You wear condoms, just in case.............................don't you?

 

[simon482]

i was a cab driver for a long time and had a few problems. nothing to serious that i couldn't handle but being that i am big and know how to handle my shit i wasn't worried. i don't blame these guys, they just want to make some money and take care of their families and want to go home after it's over.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Knew a couple guys at work who used to drive cab in Buffalo part time. They did it in the past and used to like it. Both gave it up a couple years back, saying it was getting too dangerous even in Buffalo which was having a rash of cab drivers being robbed, assaulted and shot. One was an indie cab driver and got so nervous he would question a potential fare where they wanted to go, when they flagged him down. If it was to a 'bad' part of town he would decline to even let him in his cab.