HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Holyoke City Council has approved MassDOT signs that read “No Jake Brakes” near I-91. Holyoke City Council President Kevin Jourdain told 22News the signs will be installed ...

Semi-trucks are an integral component to a healthy supply chain, transporting goods across the country daily. In fact, there's millions of semi-trucks on US roads each day. Over the years, advances ...

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.

What are ‘jake brakes'? "Jake brakes" are the common term for the Jacobs engine brake, which alters the operation of an engine's exhaust and allows it to function as a power-absorbing air compressor ...

GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP)- Tractor trailers are big and they can be loud. Several Massachusetts cities and towns have banned truck drivers from using their engine brake, or jake brake, which can be ...

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 ...

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 ...