If you have ever pulled a heavy load to the top of a mountain, then you know what it's like trying to maintain control of your speed while going downhill. The weight pushes your rig faster and faster ...

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 ...

Regarding the "jake brake ordinance" (prohibiting engine-compression-brake use), didn't the ordinance also authorize the installation of highway signs warning truckers not to use them? -- L.T., Tulsa.