On the night of the 14th, the Osaka Prefectural Police mistakenly distributed information informing them of an emergency such as a disaster to the car navigation system, and depending on the type of navigation system, mainly in Osaka Prefecture, a display appeared on the screen asking people to take action to protect their lives.
The Osaka Prefectural Police say that there have been no reports of accidents due to this effect due to human error when updating the system.
The erroneous information was transmitted by VICS, an information system that transmits road congestion information to car navigation systems.
According to the Osaka Prefectural Police, from 8:9 a.m. to 4 p.m. last night, the Traffic Regulation Division of the Prefectural Police Headquarters updated the "VICS" system, and when sending a test transmission, it mistakenly sent a text called "Emergency Message" to inform that an emergency such as a disaster had occurred four times.
VICS is transmitted by FM broadcasting, and the text seems to have been received mainly by the car navigation system of a car in Osaka Prefecture, and depending on the type of navigation, in addition to the "emergency message", the sentence "Please take action to protect your life immediately" was also displayed.
The Osaka Prefectural Police say that human error was the cause of the erroneous transmission, and there have been no reports of accidents due to this effect.
A series of confusing posts on SNS
In response to the erroneous distribution of VICS, an information system that conveys road congestion information to car navigation systems, there were a series of confused posts on SNS by people who seemed to have received the information.
Many of the posts were concentrated before 9 p.m., immediately after the misdelivery, and the images that appeared to be taken on the screen of the car navigation system that displayed incorrect information were conspicuous.
The contents are those that do not know the circumstances and complain of anxiety about "what should I protect my life from?" and those that say, "VICS emergency information has been out all the time, and it will come out even if it is erased or deleted. What the hell happened?"