The new effort by our county commissioners to outlaw one of truck drivers’ safety tools is a poke in the eye at our agriculture community and the trucking industry. Jake Brakes are an essential ...

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 ...

May 12—Delmont residents may not get the "no-jake-brake" signs exactly where they want them, but they will get several installed in the borough. When residents initially brought complaints to council ...

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 ...

City Council recently introduced an ordinance amendment that would eliminate the current prohibition on the use of diesel truck engine brakes on 31st Street in the city — a prohibition put in place ...

A new Illinois law is now in effect that allows jurisdictions to crack down on the unnecessary use of “jake” brakes without a sufficient muffler system, according to the Mid-West Truckers Association.

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 ...

Dear Action Line: We live close to the intersection of U.S. Highway 550 and Trimble Lane, where there is a traffic light. The residents in that area are subjected to frequent day and night “jake ...

Getting to the trail head and home again should not be this nerve-wracking. If you tow with a diesel truck, you can eliminate a lot of this worry by installing a supplemental exhaust braking system.