MoDOT requested two minor wording changes in the signs they will produce concerning the Jake Brakes ordinance passed by the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

In response to resident concerns, the Sedalia City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Monday banning the use of unmuffled engine braking systems within city limits. According to a news release ...

MANKATO — There was no cheering, no whistling, no boisterous standing ovation when the Mankato City Council this week passed a vehicle noise ordinance. Instead, community members who had been calling ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the question of how to limit the truck traffic in Hudson still remains, the Common Council passed a law which officials hope will at least reduce the noise created when the vehicles roll through ...

The town of Pacific is about to become Columbia County's first rural area where truckers are prohibited from using loud compressed-air brakes. But, Sheriff Dennis Richards cautioned, enforcement of ...