2009 Mazda6 cruise control question.

[Suz]

Is the Mazda 6's cruse control supposed to turn off every time the engine is turned off?
On all our previous GM cars and truck the cruse control would be always on and we only have to "set" the speed. With our new Mazda we have to "turn on" the cruse each and every time we start the car before we can "set" the cruising speed.
I'm asking this because last week the "set" quit working, only to fix itself over the weekend. But we still have to turn on the cruse every time we start the car so is it truly working right?

 

[Fudd]

All the Japanese cars I have ever owned automatically turn off the cruise with the engine. I can understand this might be safetey related so the cruise is not accidentally engaged.
I use cruise about once every thousand times I get in the car, so it makes more sense in my case to have it off until required.