Jake brakes are now prohibited on Bridgeville’s McLaughlin Run Road, from Bower Hill Road to the Upper St. Clair border. Bridgeville Council ratified the decision Sept. 9. A jake brake is an engine ...

Logan County Commissioner Jane Bauder will get her “Jake-brake” warning signs after all. The noisy truck gear and a $27,000 gift to the CHS cooperative were discussed during the commissioners’ work ...

BOSSIER CITY, La. (KSLA) — Extremely loud noises from sand trucks and other big rigs near residential areas of Bossier City have led to a new law. As a result, the use of Jake brakes soon will be ...

WILLMAR -- Members of the Willmar City Council's Public Works/Safety Committee could not agree Tuesday evening whether the use of an engine-braking device on trucks, which can cause excessive exhaust ...

A Toytown resident this week lambasted City Council for recently rescinding a three-year-old prohibition on truckers using jake brakes on 31st Street below Mill Run in his neighborhood. Mike Servello ...

Can Lower Macungie officials put the brakes on noisy jake brakes used by tractor-trailers rolling through their township? The township's public safety commission has recommended that Lower Macungie ...

A new approach to jake brakes may be in the works. The city's transportation and traffic commission voted 4-2 in favor of recommending the City Council adopt a bill requiring engine brake mufflers in ...

CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) - Canon City has adopted a new ordinance to prohibit the use of compression release brakes, also known as Jake Brakes or engine brakes. According to the Canon City Police ...

The use of “Jake brakes” is now banned in designated parts of Morgan County after the Sept. 2 meeting of the Morgan County Board of Commissioners. The commissioners unanimously passed Ordinance No. 1, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — This week is work ...