Jake brakes are now prohibited on Bridgeville’s McLaughlin Run Road, from Bower Hill Road to the Upper St. Clair border. Bridgeville Council ratified the decision Sept. 9. A jake brake is an engine ...

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 ...

Logan County’s Board of Commissioners approved on first reading a resolution to require mufflers on truck decompression brakes in the county. The brakes are devices that allow diesel engines to use ...