If you haven't heard of Jake breaks, you're probably not alone. But how is this variation any different from the regular kind we use every day?

You may have seen signs prohibiting engine braking in various areas and wondered what it was and why it was illegal. Here's what we know about it.

Clessie Cummins invented these brakes in the 1950s, and they were first manufactured by Jacobs Vehicle Systems. So they became Jacobs brakes, shortened to Jake brakes.

The Cowlitz County commissioners Tuesday approved prohibiting trucks from using unmuffled compression brakes near Kalama and Toutle after noise complaints from residents.

CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) - Canon City has adopted a new ordinance to prohibit the use of compression release brakes, also known as Jake Brakes or engine brakes. According to the Canon City Police ...

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 ...

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Delmont officials will move ahead in developing a “jake-brake” ordinance, despite acknowledging that their police department will not be able to enforce it. Borough officials asked the state ...

May 12—Delmont residents may not get the "no-jake-brake" signs exactly where they want them, but they will get several installed in the borough. When residents initially brought complaints to ...

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Bossier City residents can expect quieter roads after the city council passed a motor vehicle noise ordinance.

Paul Metzler of Murrysville isn’t confident that truckers will voluntarily limit their use of “jake brakes” on the stretch of Route 22 situated down the hill from his home in ...