But as Francisco Blanch of Merrill Lynch notes, most of the incremental demand for oil comes from China, India and the Middle East, where the prices of petrol and diesel are subsidised or capped, leaving drivers with little incentive to cut back.
Put bluntly, the bill does too little to modify the underlying drivers of health inflation.
"We are asking for a little bit of courtesy from drivers and for them to be mindful of other road users, " said Ms Bush.
Rude drivers, with little regard for pedestrians, are a problem, as is the fact that everything here starts late (at least to our way of thinking).
Most of the lorry-drivers' compatriots see little wrong with this, say the opinion polls.
While some minivan moms and dads are content to cruise, other drivers long for a little more power.
It's a clever addition, and we suspect drivers will appreciate that little detail.
Moreover, even those that remain on the land fret that the relentless growth of corporate farming will leave them as little more than hired tractor-drivers, a prospect most find humiliating.
"As soon as we had seven drivers, we became a little more visible, " says Janardhan.
The animal itself will probably be beyond repair, but guilt prone drivers might just be a little more careful in the future.
Everyone from grips and cameramen to truck drivers and caterers will have little to do if no films or TV shows are being made.
They have done very little to address the long-term drivers of the deficits, which are the big, autopilot entitlement programs that pay out benefit checks no matter what.
President Clinton already has said he plans to veto the estate tax measure, and the White House opposes a repeal of the gas tax, so there was little question that the nation's drivers would benefit from Thursday's legislative efforts.
The Formula One teams and drivers have slunk into Manama with little fanfare.
However, at least retrieving the drivers was done automatically, but it was a little disheartening for an out-of-box solution.
Geoff Little, from Warwickshire County Council's road safety team, warned drivers to take extra care on wet roads.
Urban motorists, particularly company-car drivers commuting to work in busy city centres, pay too little, relative to the burden they place on crowded roads.
And since those drivers are constantly changing (and at times more than a little difficult to find), getting an early start is the only way to keep up.
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With a maximum electric-only speed projected to top that of Prius plug-in, C-MAX Energi drivers might be able to reach wherever they're going a little faster, too.
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But we also need to attack the underlying drivers of health care spending, which means not paying for care of little or no value.
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Thus without minority fan interest, a chicken and egg dilemma arises in which there is little incentive and high risk for ownership, and subsequently sponsors to invest into minority drivers.
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Clearly, the touchpad drivers still needs some fine-tuning, as it's a little too easy to accidentally launch apps when all you're trying to do is move the cursor around the screen.
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Teams and drivers would certainly suffer from the new fees, though the Formula One organization as a whole has little to worry about given its immense international audience.
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