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 ...

Akeley City Council member Bobbie Wosicka raised the issue of semi trucks using their loud Jake brakes as they pass through town. “They know they have to slow down,” she said at the Wednesday, Jan. 11 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dear Action Line: We live close to the intersection of U.S. Highway 550 and Trimble Lane, where there is a traffic light. The residents in that area are subjected to frequent day and night “jake ...

Jake brakes are now prohibited on Bridgeville’s McLaughlin Run Road, from Bower Hill Road to the Upper St. Clair border. Bridgeville Council ratified the decision Sept. 9. A jake brake is an engine ...

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 Mankato City Council remained skeptical Monday night about the effectiveness of any available tools to put the brakes on loud truck noises. But council members, after a yearlong discussion of the ...

Lower Burrell is asking PennDOT to weigh public safety against peace and quiet on a stretch of Route 56. Council last week requested PennDOT complete a “brake retarder study,” in the section of Route ...