Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 16—MERCER — Mercer Borough Council is working to eliminate the nuisance of the noise of large trucks using jake brakes. At a ...

WEIRTON, W.Va. — Residents along Beverly Avenue off Freedom way in Weirton say they have been facing a loud issue -- trucks using Jake brakes. Joe Smith has lived in the same house for decades and ...

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 ...

A proposed noise ordinance over Jake Brakes could be difficult to enforce. City councilmen were divided during a public safety meeting over the efficacy of an ordinance against use of the brakes. One ...

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 ...

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, ...

Since June 2023 I have been corresponding with officials from the town of Vail and the Colorado Department of Transportation about the engine brake (“Jake brake”) noise that those of us living in East ...

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 ...