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Chicago Knight Rider car framed for speeding in New York City


A Kitt lookalike was filmed speeding in Brooklyn but the fine was sent to a museum where a replica is on display

A replica of the talking car Kitt from the 1980s US television action series Knight Rider for years has been parked in a museum about an hour’s drive north of Chicago, so how did it get a speeding ticket in New York City?

That is the question the Volo Museum is asking after it says it was recently mailed a $50 fine by New York City for a violation caught by traffic camera, alleging that its Knight Industries Two Thousand – Kitt for short and a black Pontiac Trans Am– got busted going 9mph over the speed limit in a 25mph zone on 22 April.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/chicago-knight-rider-kitt-car-new-york-speeding-ticket

Author : Ramon Antonio Vargas

Publish date : 2026-05-14 09:00:00

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