A survey is made of compression brake noise levels in heavy duty diesel trucks, using test procedures based on the ISO and EPA driveby acceleration noise tests. The data shows that compression brake ...

Every diesel truck owner wants an engine brake on their rig. That is if they don’t already have one. They help slow your pickup without cooking the brakes. But how do they work? And why don’t pickup ...

Q: Is it, or is it not illegal for truckers to use unmuffled engine brakes within the Seattle city limits? Gregg DuPont, who lives in Seattle’s Montlake area, says truckers routinely use the loud ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this paper, a procedure for the measurement of noise produced by compression brakes on heavy duty trucks is proposed and evaluated. The ...

Relief may have finally arrived for Dillon residents upset about truck noise rolling through town at night. For more than a year now residents in the Dillon Valley have been losing sleep as a result ...

LAKE STEVENS — Before long, people who live along Highway 9 and Highway 92 in Lake Stevens could notice a difference in the noise level. Spurred by complaints, the City Council voted unanimously ...

The compression brake Caterpillar offers as an option for its C11 and C13 diesels will be available on the C15 this fall, providing up to 600 retarding horsepower-25 per-cent more than what’s ...

Dear Johnnie: Our backyard abuts 17th near Airport Road. Lately, I have noticed increased disruption from the loud engine brakes on heavy trucks. It looks like Colorado has a law requiring engine ...

An Edneyville resident presented county commissioners with a petition Wednesday signed by 31 of her neighbors, begging them to pass an ordinance to rein in the use of engine compression brakes, or ...

Question: I live near U.S. 10 and Winnebago County CB in Fox Crossing. Drivers of eastbound trucks on U.S. 10 use their compression brakes to slow down in that area. It happens numerous times an hour ...

Nebraska's Department of Roads says cities and counties may not have the authority to ban loud engine compression brakes on trucks on Interstates. The Omaha World-Herald reports that Omaha and Cass ...