VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD.

摘要

A vehicle control apparatus which performs driving assist control on an entrance ramp or an exit ramp connected to a main road having a different safe cruising speed limit than the entrance ramp or the exit ramp includes broken line detecting device (16) for detecting a broken line which is marked on the road and divides the main road and the entrance ramp or the exit ramp and controller (10) for determining a control zone of the driving assist control based on the broken line detection results from the broken line detecting device (16). For example, the vehicle control apparatus detects the broken line which divides a main road and an exit ramp using the broken line detecting device (16) and starts driving assist control using the controller when it is detected that an accelerator pedal has been released.