ASHLAND, Neb. (WOWT) - Community leaders in Ashland, Nebraska say they’ve heard enough. The sound of engine braking by semis passing through has some residents making noise so the city council and ...

As cities nationwide move to ban noise from engine compression brakes, some of the more successful and common-sense efforts go to the source of the problem instead. States that pay attention to ...

Since June 2023 I have been corresponding with officials from the town of Vail and the Colorado Department of Transportation about the engine brake (“Jake brake”) noise that those of us living in East ...

1:54 Calls to prohibit engine retarder brakes in Devon The growling noise is most definitely not music to the ears of people who live along Highway 60 in Devon, about 20 km southwest of Edmonton.

At Tuesday’s Salisbury City Council meeting, the council approved a revision to the city code making engine exhaust sounds that imitate gunfire and engine brakes a misdemeanor in the city. After ...

Truckers have long appreciated the safety value of engine retarders, but the general public has always been annoyed by the noise they produce. That's the mystery faced by engine brake manufacturers ...

Power is both the blessing and the curse of diesel engines, which is where retarders, more commonly known as engine brakes, come into play. Pacbrake explains that since diesel engines lack a retarding ...

Rush Township Police Chief Robert Romanick says the noise generated from an engine brake can wake even the deepest sleeper. Township supervisors on Tuesday outlawed the use of engine brakes, and those ...

Most people have no clue what an engine brake is, but they know it when they hear it. Lufkin City Council members on Tuesday approved the initial reading of an ordinance prohibiting use of engine ...

MANKATO — A new ordinance banning excessive vehicle noise could be approved by the Mankato City Council in less than a month despite skepticism among city leaders that the rules will be enforceable.

The Hall County Board of Supervisors will continue discussion regarding a more effective engine brake ban on Tuesday. The existing ban in the city limits of Grand Island and other communities in the ...