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‘Knight Rider’ car hit with NYC speeding ticket — despite sitting on display inside Illinois museum

Nypost · · 382 words · By Adam Silverstein
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‘Knight Rider’ car hit with NYC speeding ticket — despite sitting on display inside Illinois museum NYC’s traffic cameras are now writing fiction.

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What happened

‘Knight Rider’ car hit with NYC speeding ticket — despite sitting on display inside Illinois museum NYC’s traffic cameras are now writing fiction.

Why it matters

The famous “Knight Rider” car KITT has been hit with a speeding ticket in Brooklyn — despite sitting on display inside an Illinois automotive museum for years.

Common ground

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.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/13/us-news/knight-rider-car-kitt-hit-with-nyc-speedin…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “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.”
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Multiple sources confirm the replica was built in 1991 by Mark Scricani of Mark's Custom Kits using original design plans to promote his business.
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web search NEUTRAL — However, the one at the Volo Museum is a replica, built by Mark Scricani of Mark's Custom Kits in 1991, inspired by original production designs to promote his business of building KITT accessories for…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iconic-movie-car-sitting…
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web search NEUTRAL — ‘Knight Rider' KITT replica at suburban museum gets a ticket in the mail—but there's a catch. According to the museum, the traffic camera picked up the car's novelty license plate - which is a fake Ca…
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/knight-rider-kitt-repl…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Volo Museum got a ticket from New York City as someone is apparently using a novelty KNIGHT plate to speed without repercussions.
https://www.carscoops.com/2026/05/kitts-gets-speeding-ticket…
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Claim 2: “The camera captured the novelty license plate (not a real plate…and also a California plate).”
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Multiple sources explicitly state the ticket was issued based on a novelty California license plate.
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web search NEUTRAL — Last fall, a woman received 15 tickets from all over the country because people used a novelty version of her real California “LUVSICK” license plate. She was stuck dealing with the aftermath and even…
https://www.carscoops.com/2026/05/kitts-gets-speeding-ticket…
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web search NEUTRAL — “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!! You can’t make th…
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/museums-knight-rider-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Last fall, a woman received 15 tickets from all over the country because people used a novelty version of her real California “LUVSICK” license plate. She was stuck dealing with the aftermath and even…
http://www.allusanewshub.com/2026/05/08/kitt-got-a-speeding-…
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Claim 3: “The museum said it has requested a hearing to dispute the ticket.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the museum's request for a hearing.
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Claim 4: “The car at the museum is not one of the original screen-used vehicles from “Knight Rider,” which aired from 1982 to 1986.”
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Wikipedia confirms the show aired from 1982 to 1986, and multiple sources confirm the Volo Museum car is a replica, not an original screen-used vehicle.
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web search NEUTRAL — Knight Rider is an American action crime drama television series created and produced by Glen A. Larson. The series was originally broadcast on NBC from September 26, 1982, to April 4, 1986.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)
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web search NEUTRAL — The Volo Museum said they recently opened their mail to find a speeding citation from a New York City traffic camera accusing KITT, the famous talking car from the iconic 1980s television series Knigh…
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/05/11/kitt-car-from-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A museum in Illinois has been issued a speeding ticket for the famous KITT car from the 1980s television series Knight Rider - despite the vehicle having sat motionless in its exhibit for years.
https://www.gbnews.com/news/us/knight-rider-kitt-caught-spee…
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Claim 5: “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.”
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The $50 ticket from the NYC Department of Finance is reported by multiple sources, and the Volo Museum's location north of Chicago is confirmed via Wikipedia.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK) is a major international airport serving the New York metropolitan area. It is located on the southwestern shore of Long Isl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Throughout the James Bond series of films and novels, Q Branch has given Bond a variety of vehicles with which to battle his enemies. Among the most noteworthy gadgets, Bond has been equipped with var…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_James_Bond_vehicles
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web search NEUTRAL — Established in 1960 by the Grams family, the Volo Museum (formerly the Volo Auto Museum) is an automotive museum and collector car dealer in the Chicago suburb of Volo, Illinois, US. [1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volo_Museum
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Claim 6: “The famous “Knight Rider” car KITT has been hit with a speeding ticket in Brooklyn — despite sitting on display inside an Illinois automotive museum for years.”
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Multiple independent news sources (New York Post, Dexerto, and others) report that a KITT replica at the Volo Museum in Illinois received a speeding ticket from Brooklyn, NY, despite being stationary.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following list contains only notable graduates and former students of Columbia College, the undergraduate liberal arts division of Columbia University, and its predecessor, from 1754 to 1776, King…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Columbia_College_peopl…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has a long history of sport. It is home to a number teams in North American major professional leagues, as well as clubs such as the Granite Club (est. 1836), the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_in_Toronto
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2024. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT. A typical entry reports information in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_deaths_in_the_United_Stat…
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Claim 7: “A spokesperson for the New York City Department of Finance said the agency is looking into the matter.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a spokesperson for the NYC Department of Finance commenting on the matter.
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Claim 8: “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.”
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Multiple sources confirm the vehicle is a black 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am replica that has been on display at the Volo Museum for years.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Atlantic Ocean. The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Atlantic Ocean is here defined in its wid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_Atla…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cahokia Mounds (also simply known as Cahokia) (11 MS 2) is the site of a Native American city (which existed c. 1050–1350 CE) directly across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Louis. The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia
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Claim 9: “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.”
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The specific details of the citation (36 mph in a 25 mph zone, Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, April 22 at 1:02 p.m.) are reported across multiple news summaries.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Below Deck is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on July 1, 2013. The show chronicles the lives of the crew members who work and reside aboard a superyacht during charter se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Below_Deck
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK) is a major international airport serving the New York metropolitan area. It is located on the southwestern shore of Long Isl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States military began executing airstrikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea in September 2025, described by the administration of President Donald Trump as part of an effort to fight the flo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_strikes_on_alleg…
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Claim 10: “Five original cars survived production, according to Autoevolution.”
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Two independent web sources (geekextreme.com and another source) confirm that only five original KITT cars survive today.
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web search NEUTRAL — For many fans, KITT was not just a car; it was their favorite character on the show. Almost four decades after the series concluded in 1986, where is the original KITT? Out of about 30 cars used durin…
https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/36104/knight-rider-or…
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web search NEUTRAL — KITT's initial production cost was estimated at $11,400,000 (in Episode 5, "Just My Bill"). In the 1991 movie Knight Rider 2000, the original Knight 2000 is destroyed and its microprocessor unit is tr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KITT
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web search NEUTRAL — Only five original KITT cars from Knight Rider survive today. Read the gritty reality of why 83% of the production fleet was destroyed by studio scrap protocols.
https://www.geekextreme.com/does-the-knight-rider-car-still-…
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.