Looking for some opinions here. What do you think about folks who have friends/SOs drive the entire century route when they're riding, stopping, taking photos, etc?

I personally think it's a waste of gas (and irresponsible toward our environment). I've been trying really hard to cut out unneccessary driving in my life and I can't imagine having someone come along to "drive" the route of a recreational century I was riding. That's 100 miles of killing the environment.

I also think it's dangerous for the riders -- who wants more cars on the road when you're riding with 100s or 1,000s of other riders? We had some really bad experiences with a national TnT event in Lake Tahoe a number of years ago, and there was at least one car-bike collision that I know of (and the car was a friend/supporter of the cyclist).

Am I nuts, or do some of you share these opinions?