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Dynamic braking, offensive to Jake?
On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:04:55 -0700, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote: >Mark Mellin > said in ca.driving: > >> >> Recently, I've noticed that many of the yellow highway cautionary >> signs in mountain areas suggesting that truckers reduce the use of >> their noisy "Jake" brake in populated areas have been modified to read >> "Engine" brake instead. In most cases, the word "Jake" has simply been >> pasted over the existing sign with a yellow and black overlay reading >> "Engine." >> >> Any thoughts on Caltrans motivation? > >Complaints by the company that makes the Jake Brake(tm). I heard they >were upset that their engine braking system was being singled out. I think it's more of a trademark protection action. Jacobs doesn't want to lose the protection by not protecting it. See aspirin and formica. -- Bill Funk replace "g" with "a" |
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Dynamic braking, offensive to Jake?
In article >, Bill Funk wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:04:55 -0700, Scott en Aztlán wrote: > >Mark Mellin said in ca.driving: > >> > >> Recently, I've noticed that many of the yellow highway cautionary > >> signs in mountain areas suggesting that truckers reduce the use of > >> their noisy "Jake" brake in populated areas have been modified to read > >> "Engine" brake instead. In most cases, the word "Jake" has simply been > >> pasted over the existing sign with a yellow and black overlay reading > >> "Engine." > >> > >> Any thoughts on Caltrans motivation? > > > >Complaints by the company that makes the Jake Brake(tm). I heard they > >were upset that their engine braking system was being singled out. > > I think it's more of a trademark protection action. > Jacobs doesn't want to lose the protection by not protecting it. Thanks for the replies, indeed, I had no idea Jake Brake was brand specific. It looks like both trademark protection and noise regulations in general are issues for the manufacturer: <http://www.jakebrake.com/support/faqs.php#FAQ8> - Mark -- Mark Mellin ULmar 9 - 5470 Mailstop 408-85 Menlo Park, CA 94025-3493 USA |
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