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 explanation is almost mundane once you pull the thread. 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. City records show that plate is connected to five other unpaid traffic violations in New York since late 2024. Nobody Knows How the Bill Found Its Way to 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