It was the radar control issue which promted my post.
The first reply gets to the point that only under vectors. Expanding on that if you are following a SID/STAR and are given a "direct to" does that mean that you are(flightcrew) soley responsible for terrain sep.
Also when on vectors to an app. you are sometimes given a "direct to" and told to contact XYZ. Is this a handover of terrain responsiblity to the flightcrew if contact is not made on the next freq?