"The Volo Museum in Volo, Illinois, just outside Chicago, has a KITT replica on static display. The museum recently received a $50 traffic ticket from New York City, alleging that the car was traveling 36 mph in a 25 mph zone in Brooklyn on April 22. The car has not left the building in years. Museum security footage confirms it was parked at the time of the alleged offense. The universe, apparently, has a sense of humor."
"The ticket arrived with traffic camera photos showing a black Trans Am bearing the California license plate KNIGHT, the same plate carried by the TV show car and the novelty plate on the museum's unregistered display vehicle. According to the California DMV, a person with the last name Knight renewed their registration for that exact plate in March. Somewhere in New York City, someone is driving a convincing KITT replica with that same "KNIGHT" tag, and NYC's camera system dutifully chased the ticket back to the only KITT it could locate in any database - a motionless exhibit in Illinois."
""The fact that we're legally tied to a movie prop is interesting," said Jim Wojdyla, the museum's marketing director. "We're known for having our Hollywood cars from TV and movies, but I have no idea how we got registered from a ticket in New York to the plates in California to the Volo Museum in Illinois. We're still trying to figure it out." The museum has since requested a hearing to challenge the ticket. New York City hasn't offered an explanation."
"The museum wrote on Facebook that the Brooklyn traffic camera "captured the novelty license plate (not a real plate...and also a California plate)" and linked it to their display vehicle. The museum's theory is that the city's system connected the novelty pla"
A Volo Museum in Illinois received a $50 New York City traffic ticket alleging a KITT replica traveled 36 mph in a 25 mph zone in Brooklyn on April 22. The car has not left the building for years, and security footage shows it was parked at the time. The ticket included traffic camera photos of a black Trans Am with a California plate reading “KNIGHT,” matching the plate used on the TV show car and on the museum’s novelty display vehicle. California DMV records show a person named Knight renewed registration for that plate in March. NYC camera systems linked the plate to the only matching record, resulting in the ticket being sent to the Illinois museum. City records also connect the plate to multiple unpaid New York violations since late 2024.
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