VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE

Abstract: a vehicle control device has a processor configured to determine whether a forward moving vehicle traveling ahead of a host vehicle and an oncoming vehicle traveling toward the host vehicle are present in a predetermined range in a traveling direction of the host vehicle, to determine whether a narrow road section exists between the forward moving vehicle and the oncoming vehicle where it is difficult for the host vehicle and the oncoming vehicle to travel past each other, when it has been determined that a forward moving vehicle and the oncoming vehicle are present, to determine whether the host vehicle can enter into the narrow road section before the oncoming vehicle, based on a response of the forward moving vehicle to the oncoming vehicle, and to decide that the host vehicle should enter into the narrow road section before the oncoming vehicle.

Inventor(s): Masaaki Yamaoka

CPC Classification: B60W30/18009 (Propelling the vehicle)

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