{"id":225414,"date":"2026-05-09T02:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/225414\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T02:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:12:10","slug":"replica-knight-rider-car-clocked-speeding-in-nyc-but-it-never-left-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/225414\/","title":{"rendered":"Replica \u2018Knight Rider\u2019 car clocked speeding in NYC, but it never left Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"

VOLO, Ill. (WGN<\/a>) \u2014 A famous car from a 1980s TV show that has not moved in years is at the center of a strange traffic dispute between New York City and an Illinois museum.<\/p>\n

Volo Museum said it recently received a speeding ticket in the mail from New York City alleging KITT, the iconic car that starred alongside David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider, was clocked going 36 mph in a 25-mph school zone in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

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The only issue is, according to the museum, the replica car has not been in New York, or on the road at all, in over a decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe honestly thought it was a joke at first,\u201d said Jim Wojdyla, marketing director for the museum. \u201cThen we checked the violation on the official New York City website, and it\u2019s legit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The ticket includes an image from a traffic camera showing what appears to be KITT\u2019s license plate reading \u201cKNIGHT.\u201d Museum staff said the plate was a prop used for filming and has never been legally registered.<\/p>\n

Museum Director Brian Grams said the museum has not paid the fine and will request a formal hearing to challenge the ticket in order to get clarification.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fine is only $50,\u201d Grams said. \u201cBut we decided to request a hearing partly for clarification and partly because the entire situation is too bizarre not to pursue answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After the museum posted the ticket online, the story quickly went viral on social media, and sparked questions about how the vehicle was identified in the system.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t imagine there are many KITT cars driving around the streets, so I\u2019m very curious who that vehicle belongs to,\u201d Wojdyla said. \u201cI heard there may be a Knight Rider reboot coming out soon, so maybe David Hasselhoff is fighting bad guys again. If he is, he owes us 50 bucks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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