Cheating on logs

I have been googling around lately for paper log strategies. I have found some long discussions here and elsewhere but not much good info yet.
What I did find was a surprising quantity of preachy self-righteous blather about being a slave to to the HOS rules. Are these people ignorant noobs or just hypocrites? I don't admire anyone who obeys the law just because it is the law - to me that is just groveling cowardice. I don't give a #### about legal or illegal but I do care about right and wrong. My "cheating" is usually right because it harms no one and benefits all parties involved. The HOS regs are often wrong because they undermine my earning and my safety - they prevent me from driving when rested and pressure me to drive when fatigued.

It was just strange to read all the driver posts stating:"I always drive legal %100 of the time" Is that foolishness or just deceit? No company could stay in business if half its drivers logged everything "legal". Indeed, the American economy would collapse if even half of us did so. All parties involved know it - even the D.O.T.

Consider: the D.O.T. regularly audits large companies and when they find that nearly all the drivers are getting loaded/unloaded in a consistently miraculous 15 minutes, what do they do? NOTHING, that's what. Why? because they, like the shippers, carriers, manufacturers and drivers themselves understand perfectly well that: when the driver cheats, everybody wins everyone gets paid more, more tax is generated and the wheels of the economy turn more freely.

Of course, we should operate safely and guard our licenses - does that really need to be said? My point is that following the rules just because they are the rules is shooting one's self in the foot. When we let the letter of the law defeat the spirit of the law we are not deserving of freedom.

So, I won't bother going into all the e-log strategies for maximizing drive time here - the quality of drivers I hope to hear from makes that unnecessary. What I'd like to hear - the thread I want to see, is about effective strategy for maximizing mileage with paper logs.

Any good ideas? We're just talkin' here

 

Yeah, that's probably coming but I'd like to know how to make hay while the sun still shines. Really, all any of us want is to have control and exercize our own judgment over our work day - you know anything vis-a-vi the subject?

 

Right, mature and self-respecting people resist being ruled by the "lowest common denominator". We are looking for info and strategy here - you got anything?