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c0mputerRFD t1_j1rarxd wrote

Reply to LPT request: how to find information how to get visa in Canada? by notreadyforhiccup

Word of advise. Don’t use any brokers and people asking you for money for the paperwork or any other process. Don’t pay anyone any advance. Don’t send information of any kind to a person we call immigration agents.

CIC.GC.CA is pretty straight forward.

Get admission , get enrolment letter, apply for visa be a student and come to Canada. When you get a student visa you can also apply for dependent visa as well ( doesn’t matter if you are there or here and your boyfriend can come with you or can Come later date)

It’s not that hard. It’s not that complicated. Don’t pay any dollars to anyone to make your life more complicated.

I went through this by myself long time ago. Processes have not become complicated. They have evolved and became streamlined and easy. Wish you all the best.

TLDR : say no to brokers, so called “immigration specialist” call CIC and your school directly.

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bob4apples t1_j1r8oyy wrote

Reply to comment by dexmonic in LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

> Shouldn't this be immediately obvious to everyone?

Why would it be? You yourself say that the advice is wrong as often as it is right and:

  1. Most people have never experienced worst case road conditions and most of those think they have.

  2. Some people have never NOT used GPS for a long drive.

  3. Some people have AWD or FWD and figure it'll get them through anything (see 1).

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WillowWispWhipped t1_j1r7sq8 wrote

Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

Although the downside of traveling on a highway during snow is that if there’s an accident you can be stuck there for hours or days.

And people tend to actually drive more cautious on backroads in my experience because they have an inflated sense of security on the highway.

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KillahHills10304 t1_j1r5wz1 wrote

Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

I like back roads because there's no people on them. It's the other drivers who fuck everything up- stopping in the middle of the road, thinking because they can't drive nobody else should, getting stuck, being a danger to everyone else, etc.

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Boredzilla t1_j1r4yhn wrote

Reply to comment by dexmonic in LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

I thought Google Maps gathered data and picked the best available route, and by the time I realized what I was getting into, I wasn't in a situation where I could realistically turn around or stop without getting stuck.

I freely admit I was an idiot, but the LPT may save someone else from that experience.

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dexmonic t1_j1r4v7w wrote

Reply to comment by bob4apples in LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

I just don't understand how so many people don't understand these very basic concepts. It's a little concerning people don't understand that clear roads are better to drive on than dangerous snowy/icy roads in the mountains or country side. Shouldn't this be immediately obvious to everyone?

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dexmonic t1_j1r4hai wrote

Reply to comment by Boredzilla in LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

Wait, did you think Google maps was a road safety app at the time? Or that mountains with winding roads are somehow easier to navigate in winter conditions than highways?

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dexmonic t1_j1r3z71 wrote

Reply to comment by fender4513 in LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

I mean, how is Google supposed to know that a road is dangerous in certain weather? All it really can do is say "there is a road there and we think there may be this much traffic on it, and it might take you this long to travel it given the speed limit".

The rest is up to the driver and this whole thread is kind of surprising me. I didn't know so many people assumed Google maps was a road safety app.

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mackedanzchr t1_j1r3xj6 wrote

Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

Depending on location.

In areas where they are used to snow the roads will be constructed in such a way that the wind blows the snow off the road surface.

I’m in MN and the roads outside of town in most areas are better than in town for this reason alone. Now you sometimes get to spots where farms or other terrain create a wind block causing the snow to create drifts in those locations. Those you have to watch out for.

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bubbaman37 t1_j1r3fqu wrote

Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

We had a blizzard a few years ago in Nebraska and when they closed the highway the gps rerouted to gravel roads. There were absolute idiots piling up on the gravel roads and then calling 911 to come get them when they were getting stuck. The snowplows also couldn’t do their job because of all the stuck vehicles. If the roads are getting bad stay home.

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lol_camis t1_j1r32lh wrote

Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

I live on Vancouver Island in BC and we only have one road connecting the southern (most populated) part of the island to 95% of the rest of the island. Yes it's a terrible situation and yes we've been complaining about it for decades.

Anyway, every time there's an accident or any other issue on that road, it obviously slows things down, and since the advent of smart phones, people have been searching for alternate routes. Quite famously (although obviously not famous for everyone), Google does recognize one detour. But it's a choppy logging road, and as soon as one car gets stuck on it, all the cars behind it do too

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Sometimes_Stutters t1_j1qzqrz wrote

Reply to comment by cat_prophecy in LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

Kinda. There’s an optimal speed. Theoretically the faster you go the more you tend to go straight, which is what you want. In practice you want to operate as close to the speed that your traction allows.

Also, going overly slow can be dangerous for interacting with other cars.

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