| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tracking control apparatus for a vehicle that can appropriately continue or release tracking control to or from a relation to another vehicle after obtaining information of a direction indicator in a preceding vehicle.SOLUTION: A direction indication of a preceding vehicle is detected (S100), and when it is determined that there is the direction indication (S110: YES), whether there is a situation to disturb the lane change is determined (S120, S130), and if there is a situation to disturb the lane change of the preceding vehicle (S120: YES, S130: YES), the tracking control is continued. Moreover, if the preceding vehicle performs the lane change after it is determined that there is the direction indication (S110: YES, S150: YES), a type of the lane change, whether there is a situation to disturb the lane change of the own vehicle, an intention of a driver to continue the tracking control are determined, and continuance/release of the tracking control is performed. In short, the surrounding situation that relates to the lane change in the preceding vehicle is determined and the continuance or the release of the tracking control is performed. |
