The problem is disproportionate scale. At what point is an amber alert likely to cause more harm than good. Is notifying 2m people likely to cause at least one

The problem is disproportionate scale. At what point is an amber alert likely to cause more harm than good. Is notifying 2m people likely to cause at least one accident? How about every person in the country? The real issue I have isn’t the missing child alerts (it’s not clear they’re helpful, but sure, for the kids), it’s that the system has been diluted with silver alerts and the whole thing is bundled together. When I switched off the alerts, I was receiving 20-50 silver alerts for every amber alert. I just can’t imagine how such a system creates more good than harm. And from an engineering perspective, why is a “stop the world” notification rather than a “look out for this old person” notification? Someone isn’t being actively kidnapped.