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Although, in 2022, Cummins gained control over Jacobs Vehicle Systems (manufacturer of the Jake Brake), bringing the founder's original idea back under the Cummins umbrella.

What's more, they're both intended for very different driving conditions. The Jake Brake, short for Jacobs Engine Brake, absorbs energy instead of producing it.

Instead, it’s the engine-compression brakes that some truckers deploy to slow their rigs down when entering the city. “We expected normal noise, not this level of Jake braking,” he said.

Contrary to popular belief, the jake brake has nothing to do with Jake from State Farm. The jake brake is a valve timing technology used by diesel trucks to slow down the vehicle using the engine.

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.

Jake brake prohibitions exist in a “legal gray area,” according to a web page published by the Ehline Law Firm in Los Angeles. “ (P)olice enforcement is questionable on legal grounds for ...

Joe Smith has lived in the same house for decades and hears the sounds of trucks' Jake brakes every day. The noise, he says, begins at 8 a.m. and continues throughout.

Fire Chief Anthony Hutton said that the engine brakes on fire department vehicles make less noise than similar brakes on semi-trucks, according to the minutes from an Aug. 21 council work session.

Few people need to see the vehicle to recognize the distinctive blat-blat-blat staccato sound of engine retarder brake, also known as jake brakes, being used on heavy duty trucks. The growling ...

Regulators investigate reports that Daimler’s Freightliner Cascadia trucks brake for no reason Updated: May. 30, 2023, 9:20 a.m. | Published: May. 30, 2023, 9:10 a.m.

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 ...