How can you manually override an activated cruise control system?

You answered correctly. Cruise control systems in German vehicles can be manually overridden by either braking or accelerating. When you press the brake pedal, the system detects that you want to deactivate the set speed and returns control to the driver. Similarly, pressing the accelerator pedal temporarily increases your speed and can override cruise control, though it may return to the set speed once you release the pedal. Steering, however, does not deactivate or override cruise control. Remember these two actions—braking and accelerating—as the standard methods for overriding cruise control in future questions.