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Jake brake/engine brakes are only a switch on the dash that engages automatic engine braking when off the throttle and best left on for safety. This is from a guy that got spooked the spooky way running out of air pressure after tapping the brake intermittently coming down not too steep slopes off a mountain when I hadn't thrown the swith on the jake brake. For safety reasons is why their jake brakes are on. It doesn't take much to drain the brake air pressure and since the engine is idling coming down a slope it takes longer to recharge air tanks meaning holy heck if brakes are needed. Why the big trucks don't have hydraulic brakes I don't know but maybe it's hydraulic lines to trailers don't work good having to be reconnected off and on adding pressure failure really making a condition for no brakes possible. Some towns especially German towns erect sound deadening walls. Some of those walls are designed so plants can grow on them increasing the noise stopping quality. It doesn't take much to run a trucks air brakes out of pressure. Working to tell them to stop using jake brakes sends a deadly problem down the hill.

The new GR had a foto of a group of Ukrainians together out on the Chapala Malecon. I am following this war very closely and am very simpatico to UKR. Does anyone know how to contact any of these people? I would have gone to their rally if i had known. UKR has great people and a cheerful traditional culture with lots of colorful music and dance and singing, not unlike MX. And they love animals and nature.

Alpha1's link took me to a video of the options to use. I did option 1, download the samsung transfer app. Worked like magic and I got everything.

Other options: 1 - be sure the house aljibe (if it has one) is topped up 2 - put a small tinaco on the roof and tie it into the house piping, a lot of homes do this as a backup to their pressure system "just in case". Gravity fed water is a lot nicer than moving it by the bucket. :-)

Perhaps part of the problem is that the brakes on many Mexican truck are not in good repair. As is true with much of the rest of the truck There are no widespread roadside truck inspections so tires, brakes, lights and mud flaps etc. are left up to the discretion of the driver.

I think that it is actually called Jake braking. Also it's my opinion that sound is much worse 'up the mountain' from the carretera than it is right at it. And I know that we are talking about Mexico and not the US, but..... many (most?) communities in the US have laws against using Jake braking where highways come through the town. Highly enforced in my area. Probably others also. AND I'm guessing that the incidents of truck crashes are not higher because of these laws. But then there are actually law enforcement personnel in the US who actually patrol the streets handing out tickets to those who break the traffic laws, something that rarely happens in Mexico.

Absolutely the worst! She took me for a sum, too. Go to the main office when necessary, and use the website the rest of the time.

Also, fill a large garbage barrel with water. Put the lid on it to keep from breeding mosquitos.

I live about a mile above the Carretera in west Ajijic and the jack braking is clearly audible. Sad for the people who live closer!

Tinaco's are also life savers when the electricity is out. Gravity rocks!

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Time to buy an inflatable baby swimming pool and have buckets to flush toilets Maybe apartments or neighbors can use one pool for their buckets. That's a long time without water pressure.

Thanks Alpha1

Luis a few doors west of Panchos.

IMO It never ceases to amaze me how people can make a determination about what another person's motives are without even speaking to them. Or, making statements about an area that they don't even live in and could not have any idea what actually goes on, day to day. Do you want the police to position themselves on these roads with a noise meter all day and all night to issue a warning to the driver's? You will be able to stop the noise from the trucks the same time you will be able to stop dogs barking continually, music being played too loudly by a neighbor and so on. Examples: ...screaming engine brakes, it's everywhere, continually REALLY? AND HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IT IS EVERYWHERE CONTINUALLY? ...applying jake brakes unnecessary, apparently to make noise. HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY KNOW IF IT IS NECESSARY OR NOT? WHAT WOULD BE THEIR MOTIVE TO "MAKE NOISE"? ...Coming into town from the airport way, it begins at 4 am and goes all day long DO YOU SPEND THE DAY MONITORING THIS HIGHWAY? WE LIVE IN BRISAS NEAR THE ENTRY, CAN SEE THE CARRETERA FROM OUR PATIOS. WE HEAR TRUCKS USING THESE BRAKES ABOUT ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK, NEVER AT 4:00am.

Roads closed due to the celebration of the Ajijic 2022 Patron Saint Festivities As of Saturday, November 19, Colon Street between Zaragoza and Hidalgo will remain closed, due to the installation of mechanical games. As of November 22, the streets will be closed: Marcos Castellanos from Ocampo street to Carretera Zaragoza from Galeana to Colon Guadalupe Victoria between Galena and Marcos Castellanos Parish between Macos Castellanos and Colon “TAKE ALTERNATE ROUTES” We are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause you.

Many truckers are driving dangerously and with excessive speed on the Carretera west of Ajijic. And yes they are applying jake brakes unnecessary, apparently to make noise. There are many responsible truckers not doing this. This is on the flats. When I was travelling with my motorhome, staying at truck stops, I found Mexican truckers to be the best and most polite I had encountered in North America so I don't know what's up with this local sloppy driving.

I live two blocks from the #2 Chapala Haciendas entrance. Yes, I occasionally hear trucks and I do mean occasionally, but I never get my panties in a twist over this. The hill between Ixtlahuacan and Chapala is steep enough that when I used to drive a regular passenger van I had to downshift AND apply my brakes frequently to keep the vehicle at a safe speed. Accidents in all areas on both sides of this hill happen so often as to serve as a warning to those who travel this carretera to slow down. The same is true of the Libramiento. Personally, whatever these trucks must do to keep from having having or causing a major traffic incident is okay with me. They and only they know what is necessary for their truck. I NEVER believe they are deliberately making unnecessary noise. If it bothers you so much (you complain often, so I assume so) now is a great time to sell and move somewhere on the flats. New area, new noises, but maybe you'll be happier.

Proposed fees as of this month show an increase of $23, up to $734; you'll earn a 20% discount on annual refrendo if you have had your Verificación Vehicular. https://www.informador.mx/jalisco/Presupuesto-Jalisco-2023-Proponen-aumentar-23-pesos-el-refrendo-vehicular-20221102-0082.html SABER MÁS Así perfilan los aumentos en cobros para 2023

The first thing to learn in Mexico is there is virtually no consumer protection. Real estate sales, services, contactors, product quality, construction.....you're on your own. SunFan

I am frequently up by 4 am and occasionally around 4:30- 5:00 I do hear a truck passing CH using their brakes. This isn't every day, this isn't a constant, never ending barrage of noise, this is something that quickly becomes virtually unnoticeable unless you have made a decision to sit on every cactus in the desert of life. So what they make noise? These are working people and the 30 seconds to maybe.... maybe a minute I hear this noise is far less bothersome than another national out of work, looking for a way to feed their family. This is just another case of "gringos" (I ain't one!) making a BFD outta nothing.