(a) Definition. For the purpose of this section, the term COMPRESSION RELEASE ENGINE BRAKE shall mean any device installed or operating as a part of a diesel engine equipped vehicle which reduces the speed of said vehicle by altering the air flow within the engine causing the emission of compressed air from the exhaust of said vehicle.
(B) Prohibition use. The use of compression release engine brakes to brake or decelerate by any vehicle so equipped traveling through the corporate limits of Farmer City is hereby prohibited.
(C) Affirmative defense. It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of this section that compression release engine brakes were or are used in circumstances where such use was necessary to avoid personal injury or accident.
(D) Signs posted. The erection of signs conforming to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices shall be erected and placed under guidance of the Illinois Department of Transportation at all roadway entrances to the city. The signs shall state “Excessive Engine Braking Noise Prohibited”.
(Ord. 869, passed 1-4-2010)