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 ...

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 ...

He described a jake brake as a brake retarder or a compression brake. "The engine creates a combuster, creates air flow back through the turbo that allows it to slow down manually without using your ...

HALEDON — Drivers of heavy trucks are the target of a proposed law the Borough Council was expected to pass this week to stop the use of loud brakes on local streets. The brakes that officials want to ...

Relief may have finally arrived for Dillon residents upset about truck noise rolling through town at night. For more than a year now residents in the Dillon Valley have been losing sleep as a result ...

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 ...

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 ...

The city of De Queen, Ark. reportedly has banned jake brakes by truckers in the city. De Queen officials will post signs that say “no jake brake” and will enforce the ordinance by issuing fines of up ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Sep. 16—MERCER — Mercer Borough Council is working to eliminate the nuisance of the noise of large trucks using jake brakes. At a meeting last week, they discussed a potential ordinance to regulate ...