Gear shift instruction device and gear shift instruction method

摘要

A shift instruction device for use in a motor vehicle equipped with an engine (1) and a manual transmission (2) that prompts a driver to perform a shift operation in accordance with a driving state of the motor vehicle. The gear shift instruction device includes a determination unit for determining whether an accelerator has been released and a control means that allows a gear shift instruction issued prior to release of the accelerator to be maintained for a predetermined time period, if the determination means determines that the accelerator has been released.