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 ...

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 man who has publicly complained about trucks using jake brakes in his neighborhood has been charged with attempted homicide after allegedly firing a bullet into the windshield of a truck ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 16—MERCER — Mercer Borough Council is working to eliminate the nuisance of the noise of large trucks using jake brakes. At a ...

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 ...

A proposed noise ordinance over Jake Brakes could be difficult to enforce. City councilmen were divided during a public safety meeting over the efficacy of an ordinance against use of the brakes. One ...

William Delanoy told the zoning board that he wasn’t looking for sympathy; he was looking for the board to act. “We’re working-class people,” he said, “and we rely on you guys to protect us.” ...

The Hall County board is considering a countywide ban on Jake brakes on semi-trucks. There is already an ordinance addressing this. The issue by JBS from out-of-state truckers is understandable, and a ...

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 ...

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 ...