A Pontiac Firebird dressed as KITT from “Knight Rider” has picked up a New York City speeding ticket despite sitting inside the Volo Museum in Illinois for years. The $50 notice from the New York City Department of Finance claims the famous TV-car replica drove 11 mph over the limit in a school zone, which would be impressive work for a car that has not left its display spot. Museum staff says the case likely came down to a camera system reading a novelty plate and linking it to the wrong car. KITT Gets Busted Without Leaving The Building The strange ticket landed at the Volo Museum, a car-lover destination in Volo, Illinois, where visitors can see movie cars, TV cars, classics, and oddball machines that usually behave better than this. The museum’s KITT replica, based on the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am made famous by “Knight Rider,” has been parked indoors as part of the collection, not prowling New York streets like a glossy black vigilante with a bad attitude.According to CBS News Chicago, the ticket claimed KITT crossed the school-zone speed limit by 11 mph. New York City issues school-zone speed-camera violations when a camera records a vehicle traveling more than 10 mph above the posted limit. Since August 1, 2022, the city has run those cameras 24 hours a day, seven days a week, year-round, across 750 school speed zones. No, That Car Wasn’t On The Streets Bring A TrailerThe museum did what any accused car owner with a rock-solid alibi would do – it sent evidence. Staff shared time-stamped security footage showing the Firebird sitting inside the museum at the time of the alleged violation. Unless Pontiac secretly built a teleportation option into the third-gen F-body, that should create a problem for the ticket.Museum officials believe the camera system caught another vehicle wearing or displaying a novelty “KNIGHT” plate, then connected that image to the museum car. The Department of Finance told CBS it was reviewing the matter, and the museum requested a hearing to fight the ticket. One Of The Most Famous Firebirds The car at the center of the story is not just any old Pontiac. KITT turned the 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am into one of the most recognizable cars of the 1980s. The third-generation Firebird arrived for the 1982 model year with a sharper body, hidden headlights, a large glass hatch, rear-wheel drive, and the low, wedge-like shape that made it look futuristic even before Hollywood added the red scanner light.The early third-gen Trans Am did not have wild horsepower by today’s standards. Depending on setup, 1982 V8 models used a 305-cubic-inch engine, with the hotter Cross-Fire fuel-injected version rated around 165 horsepower. That sounds modest now, but the car had style, attitude, and a shape that sold the future better than many faster machines did. KITT proved that presence can matter as much as power.Source: CBS Chicago on YouTube