'Knight Rider' car hit with NYC speeding ticket - despite sitting on display inside Illinois museum

"The Volo Museum, based north of Chicago, said it received a $50 ticket from the New York City Department of Finance tied to its replica of the famous TV car from the 1980s series starring David Hasselhoff. “Well, this is a new one ... we got this in the mail today. This is 100% legit,” the museum wrote in a Facebook post on May 7. According to the citation, a traffic camera recorded the car speeding through a Brooklyn school zone on Ocean Parkway on April 22 at 1:02 p.m., clocking it at 36 mph in a 25 mph zone."

"The museum said the vehicle - a black 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am replica - has not left the display in its building and has been parked there for years. “A traffic camera captured Knight Rider's KITT speeding down the streets of New York City. The camera captured the novelty license plate (not a real plate...and also a California plate).” “Their official system ties the novelty plate to Volo Museum and we got a bill for $50!!” the post continued."

"Museum officials believe the city's system may have mistakenly linked a novelty “Knight” license plate to the museum's display vehicle. The car at the museum is not one of the original screen-used vehicles from “Knight Rider,” which aired from 1982 to 1986. Five original cars survived production, according to Autoevolution. The museum's version was built in 1991 by Mark Scricani of Mark's Custom Kits using original design plans, and was created to promote his business producing KITT accessories for fans."

A $50 speeding ticket was issued by the New York City Department of Finance to the Volo Museum for its replica of the Knight Rider car KITT. The museum received the citation in the mail and said the vehicle has not left the museum building for years. The ticket claimed a traffic camera recorded the car speeding through a Brooklyn school zone on Ocean Parkway on April 22 at 1:02 p.m., showing 36 mph in a 25 mph zone. Museum officials said the city system tied a novelty “Knight” license plate to the museum’s display vehicle. They shared the ticket photo and believed the plate was mistakenly linked. The replica was built in 1991 and is not an original screen-used vehicle.

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