1997 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual - Page 104

Passing Another Vehicle While Using Cruise Control Ending Cruise Control Use the accelerator pedal to increase your speed. When There are two ways to off the cruise control: turn you take your foot off the pedal, your vehicle will slow Step lightly on the brake pedal, or down tothe cruise control speed you set earlier. Move the cruise switch to OFF. The CRUISE light Using Cruise Control on Hills will also go out. How well yourcruise control will work on hills depends Erasing Speed Memory upon your speed, load and steepness of the hills. the un ignition, When going up steep hills, you may have to step on the When yout r off the cruise control or the your cruise control set speed memory is erased. going accelerator pedalto maintain your speed. When downhill, you may have to brake or shift to a lower gear to keep your speed down. course, applying the brake Of takes you outof cruise control. Many drivers find this to be too much trouble and don't use cruise control on steep hills. 2-43