ALPHARETTA, Ga. — One North Fulton County city is considering banning big rigs from using Jacob Engine Brakes, also known as "Jake Brakes" within city limits. Alpharetta City Council debated the use ...

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 loud roar of diesel trucks using brake retarders will continue to be heard on Route 56 between Hillcrest Drive and Leechburg Road in Lower Burrell. City officials in April had requested that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - A new ordinance is in place in Petal banning Jake Brakes within city limits. Ward 1 Alderman Gerald Steele proposed the ordinance. Steele said most of the issue came from people ...

Road signs informing drivers of law to be placed where appropriate La Plata County formally adopted a state law that requires the use of engine brake mufflers for commercial vehicles to prevent what’s ...

Mt. Pleasant could soon have signs to alert commercial truck drivers when they are entering residential neighborhoods. Whether those drivers choose not to “jake brake” is entirely up to them. City ...

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 ...