Cruise control problems

I was going down the interstate cruising around 75 and some guy pulled out in front of me. I hit my brakes and my cruise didnt shut off i had to push in the clutch. Thank god that i didnt hit him because this is my only automobile. The cruise has worked great until today, after it did this i checked all of the linkage to the carb and it was fine so i dunno what its problem is anyone have any ideas?

everything small keeps breaking on my car this is

any ideas?

awsome thanks a bunch i will try it tomorrow