The RCIPS has issued a traffic advisory to remind truck drivers that it is illegal to use unmuffled engine compression brakes (also known as Jake Brakes) other than for emergency purposes.

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 ...

Mark your calendar: June 30, 2026 (10:00 a.m. PDT). A 37.5% ownership interest in MagnaTrans, LLC, a California limited liability company doing business as Magna Transportation Group, will be sold in ...

EAST BUFFALO TOWNSHIP — The use of compression engine brake is banned on a specific portion of Route 45 in East Buffalo Township. At Monday night’s public meeting, Supervisors Jim Knight and Char Gray ...

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 ...

U.S. Route 11 through the center of Malone village is quite hilly, and with several thousand large trucks passing through the village daily, significant noise is generated by these vehicles, both when ...

WILLMAR -- Members of the Willmar City Council's Public Works/Safety Committee could not agree Tuesday evening whether the use of an engine-braking device on trucks, which can cause excessive exhaust ...

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 ...

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 ...