On an unassuming afternoon this week in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the typical local road noise was suddenly interrupted by the ...

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.

Otherwise, to catch a jake brake violation, an officer “would have to witness it,” Merrill said. “Maybe we can hope to get voluntary compliance,” at 31st Street, said Mayor Matt Pacifico.