The King of traffic lights

Friedberg – Cross the road, it’s now or never. Or that’s what residents in the German town of Friedberg may start humming when their traffic light jumps to green to reveal a hip-swivelling Elvis Presley.

He did his military service there between 1958 and 1960 and the town remains all shook up about its celebrated visitor.

To commemorate the singer’s link to Friedberg, north of Frankfurt, local authorities have transformed three traffic lights into Elvis lights.

On red, they show him standing at his microphone. On green, Elvis is mid-hip shake, performing his trademark move.

The town, which calls itself “the army home of Elvis”, already has a giant Elvis statue near the former US barracks. – AFP