In what may be the most impressive feat of automotive delinquency ever recorded, a replica of KITT — the iconic talking Trans Am from the 1980s TV show Knight Rider — has received a speeding ticket despite the fact that it hasn’t moved so much as an inch in years.
The car, which lives a quiet, dignified life on display at a museum in New York, apparently caught the attention of traffic enforcement authorities who decided that its legendary reputation for turbo-boosting over things was enough probable cause to slap it with a citation. No word on whether KITT attempted to talk its way out of the ticket using its famously smooth synthesized voice, though given the circumstances, it would have had a pretty solid alibi.
This is, of course, exactly the kind of bureaucratic absurdity that makes you wonder if someone in a traffic camera office just really, really hated the 80s. The vehicle in question is a replica — meaning it’s not even the original car that once made David Hasselhoff look cooler than any human being has a right to look — and it has been parked in museum-grade stillness for years.
The speeding ticket is believed to be the result of a license plate mix-up, which is somehow both a completely reasonable explanation and also a massive disappointment. We were really hoping KITT had briefly achieved sentience, taken a midnight joyride at 200 mph, and made it back to its display case before opening hours.
Museum staff are reportedly handling the ticket dispute, which is presumably the least exciting legal battle in New York history. KITT, for its part, has offered no comment, maintaining the stoic silence of a fiberglass automobile that peaked in 1982.
Dream big, KITT. Dream big.
Original story via Reddit Offbeat
