BOSSIER CITY, La. (KSLA) — Extremely loud noises from sand trucks and other big rigs near residential areas of Bossier City have led to a new law. As a result, the use of Jake brakes soon will be ...

Brakes needed for safety, but are a nuisance for residents Drilling for carbon dioxide by Kinder Morgan benefits the county with jobs and property tax revenues, but it also has impacts such as noise ...

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 ...

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 ...

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — One North Fulton County city is considering banning big rigs from using Jacob Engine Brakes, also known as "Jake Brakes" within city limits. Alpharetta City Council debated the use ...

HALEDON — Drivers of heavy trucks are the target of a proposed law the Borough Council was expected to pass this week to stop the use of loud brakes on local streets. The brakes that officials want to ...

Relief may have finally arrived for Dillon residents upset about truck noise rolling through town at night. For more than a year now residents in the Dillon Valley have been losing sleep as a result ...

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 ...

PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - A new ordinance is in place in Petal banning Jake Brakes within city limits. Ward 1 Alderman Gerald Steele proposed the ordinance. Steele said most of the issue came from people ...

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 ...

Mt. Pleasant could soon have signs to alert commercial truck drivers when they are entering residential neighborhoods. Whether those drivers choose not to “jake brake” is entirely up to them. City ...