Vehicle Speed Control Device and Method for Controlling Vehicle Speed

摘要

An accelerator pedal operation condition detecting section detects an operation condition of the accelerator pedal, a brake pedal operation condition detecting section detects an operation condition of the brake pedal; an inter-vehicular distance detecting section detects a distance between an own-vehicle and a forward-vehicle and a speed control section controls a speed of the own-vehicle. A control unit is configured to keep a relative positional relation between the own-vehicle and the forward-vehicle when the detected inter-vehicular distance is smaller than a predetermined reference inter-vehicular distance and the operation condition detected by the accelerator pedal operation condition detecting section and the brake pedal operation condition detecting section indicates a predetermined operation condition.