[jtbigwoo]

Uh... NYC was a dangerous place in the mid 90's. Do you have evidence that the gypsy cabs were targets more than yellow cabs?

Yep. http://www.taxi-library.org/marosi.htm

"Out of the 85 total cab drivers killed in 1992 and 1993, for instance, only 12 drove yellow cabs."

The difference here is that gypsy cab drivers work in more dangerous neighborhoods that are underserved by big taxi companies. I suppose ubercab drivers could just avoid those same neighborhoods...