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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new approach to jake brakes may be in the works. The city's transportation and traffic commission voted 4-2 in favor of recommending the City Council adopt a bill requiring engine brake mufflers in ...

The use of “Jake brakes” is now banned in designated parts of Morgan County after the Sept. 2 meeting of the Morgan County Board of Commissioners. The commissioners unanimously passed Ordinance No. 1, ...