David Taylor ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

Radar guided adaptive cruise control? Whilst it's activated, the
car has control over everything except direction and the music
being played on the stereo.

The driver still has control over the cruise control.

Hence my careful inclusion of the words "Whilst it's activated" in
the above post.

Even whilst it's activated, the driver has control over the cruise
control -- they can turn it off. Unless it malfunctions...

In the unlikely event of major CC malfunction, the driver can always turn
it off.

Even if, due to some major brain-fart on the designer or installer's part,
there's no way to just cut power to the CC unit, the driver can just knock
the car into neutral.