VIDALIA — Breaker breaker to all truckers who are westbound and down, the City of Vidalia is cracking down on all those who are Jake braking on the Mississippi River Bridge.
At last Tuesday’s Board of Alderman meeting, Police Chief Billy Hammers said his officers will start ticketing truck drivers who are applying their Jake brakes to slow down when entering Vidalia.
A Jake brake, or engine brake, is a braking system used primarily on semi-trucks or other large vehicles that modifies engine valve operation to use engine compression to slow the vehicle.
The use of a Jake brake produces a sound similar to a jackhammer but about 10-20 times louder.
Mayor Hyram Copeland said the city was fed up with truckers who are Jake braking.
“We’re not going to tolerate it any longer and we’re going to start issuing tickets to these 18-wheeler drivers coming off the bridge,” he said. “They don’t have to do that.”
Wednesday, Copeland said he has received calls from Vidalia residents, living near the bridge, complaining about he noise.
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