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The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is advising road users who may be travelling in border counties to be aware of a new UK Emergency Alert system this afternoon.
The new system will send a test 'alert' message to all mobile phones and devices across Britain and Northern Ireland today, Sunday, April 23.
As part of the process, phones will sound a loud alarm and may vibrate and flash to flag the incoming emergency message. The alert will issue between 3pm and 4pm and is for testing purposes only.
Members of the public are being assured that they need not take any action.
Mobile phone customers near border areas in Ireland who roam onto a UK mobile phone network between 3pm and 4pm on Sunday will receive the alert/message. Mobile phone customers on networks based in Ireland will not receive the message.
People are urged not to be alarmed if their phone makes a loud alarm sound, vibrates and flashes to flag the incoming test message. People are also being asked not respond or read the message while driving.
A statement from the RSA states: "In a real-time emergency, you should find somewhere safe and legal to pull over and read the message. If that is not possible, drivers can tune into live radio and wait for bulletins until they can pull over safely. However, this alert across Britain and Northern Ireland on Sunday is simply for testing purposes so road users should ignore the message and carry on with their journey."
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