Uber hires senior safety official after deadly Arizona self-driving car crash

Uber's new CEO told a New York City crowd that all technology companies, not just Facebook, must start making ethical decisions to minimize problematic impacts their innovations may have in society. Car equipped with Uber's self driving technology. SAN FRANCISCO -- Uber has brought on a former head of the National Transportation Safety Board to conduct a "top-to-bottom" safety review of its self-driving car program, which killed a pedestrian in March. The move comes as clouds of doubt gather over the ride-hailing company's autonomous car initiative, which was rushed into existence a few years ago by ousted CEO Travis Kalanick and has been playing catch-up to the nine-year effort by Alphabet-owned Waymo. Uber announced Monday that it was bringing on board former NTSB chairman Christoper Hart to "advise us on our overall safety culture," said spokesperson Chelsea Kohler.