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 ...

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 ...

Under Woodbury County's proposed ordinance, the use of a "Jake brake" would be prohibited in several areas of the county. Woodbury County supervisors are considering an ordinance that would prohibit ...

She concedes there’s not much the state can do about it, but a state Division of Highways spokesperson believes the growing practice of regulating or prohibiting the use of so-called “Jake brakes” in ...

PIEDMONT — The City Council modified a law Tuesday to keep tractor trailer rigs from using noisy air braking systems in city limits and to avoid lawsuits. The council replaced the term “Jake Brake” ...

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 ...

SHENANDOAH – The borough was hoping to restrict the use of engine brake retarders by large diesel trucks to provide additional braking power on State Route 2002, but recently, the state Department of ...

Mike Wolanin | The Republic A banner of J. Irwin Miller, former president and chairman of Cummins, is visible in a gathering space in the basement of the Cummins Corporate Office building in Columbus, ...