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It's poorly written, but... mislead readers into thinking _what_? That Germany has its own special kilometers (or possibly hours?)

I think it's just bad editing.

Sorry, the joke got lost in the text medium! After some minutes I thought that I should have added a "/joke" an "/s", or something like that, but in the end forgot to do it.

But 40 mph is 64.36 km/h, isn't it? So perhaps it turns on under 60 km/h in Germany and under 64.36 km/h everywhere else? For some weird legal reasons?

It's 60 km/h everywhere else than the US, where it's 64.36 km/h for weird reasons.

No need to attribute malice. Why would that be intentional? Its just ambiguous drafting.

Everyone responding to you earnestly without understanding the joke... lol