Rubbish. It's[some] organisers who make you ride over-distance by promoting poorly designed routes, incorporating controls which have a dual carriageway or trunk road as the shortest route between them. No wonder we see 215km+ 200s. You can put an info anywhere to keep the route "boring" and closer to distance.
this is how we end up on a treasure hunt looking for often vague infos, which may or may not be at the location you think they are at. too many info controls are problematic, e.g
the answer to the question is not there anymore
the location names on the brevet card is not actually named at the location, so you are not certain you are in the correct place.
(somehow) the info is not actually on the route
the distance quoted on the brevet card to a t junction is not the actual distance
information is requested which requires specific knowledge of e.g. OS map info, or which colours are used for certain types of sign
I used to think info controls were quaint, but now I typically avoid events with more than one, unless I know the route is really good and worth the hassle. e-brevet would remove a lot of these issues, if only more organisers would get on board.
all these problems go away if we just trust people not to cheat. Anyone who wants to cheat has plenty of opportunity, and riding on a busy unsafe dual carriageway is not the most appealing. But the view of the authorities is that routes must be minimum distance by the shortest possible route, because we can't be trusted.
Although there was a case when a secret control for a mandatory route was set up off the route, and still collected half the riders