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booker · 08-26-2002, 05:47 PM

This isn't a "funny" sign but a quaint story perhaps... oftentimes you'll see the "Trucks: No Jake Brake" sign around in residential areas, telling truckers to not use their Jake brakes, which effectively use the drivetrain's inertia to overcome the engine's compression to slow the truck without excessive wear on the service brakes (drums/disks) and this is pretty damn loud.

Well, Jake Brake is a trademarked name from Jacobson Compression Brakes, and they have successfully sued many local municipalities for using the trademark and not a more generic "compression brake" term. They actually have a form on their website where you can alert them to signs with their trademark and they will get them taken down.

08-26-2002, 05:47 PM
booker Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Baltimore Posts: 1,370	This isn't a "funny" sign but a quaint story perhaps... oftentimes you'll see the "Trucks: No Jake Brake" sign around in residential areas, telling truckers to not use their Jake brakes, which effectively use the drivetrain's inertia to overcome the engine's compression to slow the truck without excessive wear on the service brakes (drums/disks) and this is pretty damn loud. Well, Jake Brake is a trademarked name from Jacobson Compression Brakes, and they have successfully sued many local municipalities for using the trademark and not a more generic "compression brake" term. They actually have a form on their website where you can alert them to signs with their trademark and they will get them taken down. __________________ Xanadu024 (aim) or 286785389 (icq) "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."