Joe the Taxi Driver Killer

An ordinary day...you decided to call a taxi and you needed to go to your friends' house. When the taxi arrived, you opened the door and got into the back seat of the car, said hello, and off you went.

Mixing of images The query may refer to the "driver-on-the-wheel" archetype, a collective image from cinema:

Taxi Driver (1976): Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) is a New York taxi driver with PTSD who decides to “clean up” the city of crime;

Drive (2011): an unnamed driver (Ryan Gosling) works as a stuntman and taxi driver during the day and helps robbers at night;

Death Wish (1974): Paul Kersey, who has become a vigilante, sometimes uses a car for surveillance and pursuits.

A true story There's no direct "Joe the killer taxi driver" connection in high-profile criminal cases. But there is a similar case:

Jason Dalton is an Uber driver from Michigan, USA. In February 2016, he committed a series of attacks:

killed 6 people, injured 2 more;

operated in Kalamazoo County;

was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole;

During questioning, he admitted his guilt and later filed a lawsuit against Uber, claiming that he had "suffered psychological trauma at work"—the lawsuit was dismissed.

The name "Joe" may have arisen from confusion or an informal nickname.