Officers will often give advice as to have to handle a speeding ticket when they issue a ticket in order to make the ticket seem more palatable.
Keep in mind that officers are:
- not lawyers and cannot give legal advice
- trying to avoid any potential conflict with a driver at the scene
- usually issue many tickets and do not remember giving advice to any particular driver.
The tickets are handled in court by the district attorney not the officer.
The only advice you should accept is the one given by a lawyer.