What are ‘jake brakes'? "Jake brakes" are the common term for the Jacobs engine brake, which alters the operation of an engine's exhaust and allows it to function as a power-absorbing air compressor ...

The next generation of the so-called Jake Brake, built by Jacobs Manufacturers, will likely come to market in 2019, the company announced Wednesday at the North American Commercial Vehicle show in ...

Under Woodbury County's proposed ordinance, the use of a "Jake brake" would be prohibited in several areas of the county. Woodbury County supervisors are considering an ordinance that would prohibit ...

PORTSMOUTH — City Attorney Bob Sullivan said an ordinance controlling use of engine compression brakes can be a valuable enforcement tool, as long as police use "sound" discretion. An ordinance ...

You can’t work in the trucking industry for long without realizing the interconnectedness of the trucking world — goods with communities, roads with ports, airports and railways, regulations across ...

Jacobs Vehicle Systems, a worldwide manufacturer of engine retarding and valve actuation systems for the commercial vehicle industry, has upgraded the company’s engine brake on model-year 2021 MX-11 ...

Q. We live about two blocks from the Orange (57) Freeway in Placentia in a mobile home park near Orangethorpe Avenue. A lot of the semi trucks using Orangethorpe to get to the freeway use what are ...

She concedes there’s not much the state can do about it, but a state Division of Highways spokesperson believes the growing practice of regulating or prohibiting the use of so-called “Jake brakes” in ...