Driven to distraction in the new Audi A8

Traffic Jam Pilot in Audi’s new A8 costs as much as the car itself, but you can’t use it everywhere yet, writes Kyle Fortune

Watching television on the go in the new Audi A8, which is equipped with Level Three autonomous driving

Traffic: the commuter’s worst nightmare, making the drudgery of getting to and from the office testing at best and unbearable at worst. Audi has a solution, as its new A8 luxury saloon comes with Level Three autonomous driving, which, if the legislators eventually allow it, will enable the owner to be autonomously driven through the worst of the jams.

Of course, we’re not yet at the stage where we’re able to climb out of ...