For heavy duty trucks like semis hauling lots of cargo over long distances, conventional friction brakes just can't do it on their own. To maintain safe speeds and prevent overheating on long descents ...

WATERLOO — The county has started the process of revising a noise ordinance that disallows loud compression braking, or “Jake braking,” by eliminating a decibel requirement that a deputy said is ...

Regarding the "jake brake ordinance" (prohibiting engine-compression-brake use), didn't the ordinance also authorize the installation of highway signs warning truckers not to use them? -- L.T., Tulsa.

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 ...

Q: While driving north on Route 512 leaving Bath, I noticed signs that said ”Brake Retarders Prohibited.” I used to live in Bath and have driven that stretch millions of times, never noticing them, so ...

GLENDALE ? The city wants to ask the state to install temporary signage on the Foothill (210) Freeway near Lowell Avenue dissuading truck drivers from using their engine brakes in that area. The City ...

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 ...