Domestic abuse and street security campaigners have voiced issues concerning the authorities’s emergency alert textual content message, as a consequence of be examined nationwide this month.
The emergency alert will make each telephone or pill within the UK emit a loud noise as a part of a brand new system meant to warn the general public about life-threatening conditions resembling flooding or wildfires. It may be used throughout terror incidents or civil defence emergencies if the nation is underneath assault.
Domestic violence charities have warned that the ten-second siren, which is able to sound even when telephones are on silent mode, could endanger girls who’ve telephones hidden from their abusers.
Driving security campaigners stated the alert may distract inexperienced drivers who typically take to the roads on Sundays.
Emma Pickering,
