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Knight Rider replica car gets speeding ticket in NYC while in Illinois museum

A museum in Illinois received a $50 speeding ticket from New York City for a replica 'Knight Rider' car that has never left its exhibit. The ticket, issued via traffic camera, cited the car for traveling 36 mph in a 25 mph zone in Brooklyn. The museum is challenging the ticket and trying to identify the individual using the KNIGHT license plate, which is also linked to five other unpaid violations in New York. AI

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Knight Rider replica car gets speeding ticket in NYC while in Illinois museum

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · The Associated Press, Dave Collins ·

    The ‘Knight Rider’ replica car got a $50 speeding ticket in New York despite never leaving Chicago museum

    "We want to find out who this Knight Rider guy is," said the Chicago museum's marketing director.