

You need to distinguish between driving slow on general and suddenly changing speed. Driving slow, and keeping your distance will reduce the chance of (abrupt) speed change, so it will reduce the chance for congestion.
Also, the more spread the cars are (inside the city) the less severe the congestion is.
To me it’s the opposite, my boss (and owner of the company) is frustrated that we cannot install linux due to some technical requirements. It is possible to change that, but this will require reshaping of the entire work process