Semi-trucks are an integral component to a healthy supply chain, transporting goods across the country daily. In fact, there's millions of semi-trucks on US roads each day. Over the years, advances ...

What are ‘jake brakes'? "Jake brakes" are the common term for the Jacobs engine brake, which alters the operation of an engine's exhaust and allows it to function as a power-absorbing air compressor ...

Delmont officials will move ahead in developing a “jake-brake” ordinance, despite acknowledging that their police department will not be able to enforce it. Borough officials asked the state ...

Trustees on Tuesday heard from city resident Dave Pinney, who again asked them for help with a noise problem affecting city residents on Talsman Drive. Pinney is among the Talsman residents putting up ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Cowlitz County commissioners Tuesday approved prohibiting trucks from using unmuffled compression brakes near Kalama and Toutle after noise complaints from residents. Compression brakes, also ...

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 ...