CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is based on and claims the benefit of priority from earlier Japanese Patent Application No. 2019-081472 fled Apr. 23, 2019, the description of which is incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to control apparatus for vehicles.

Description of the Related Art

As a control apparatus for a vehicle, an apparatus that controls a travelling speed of the vehicle when the vehicle changes travelling lane is known. The apparatus controls the travelling speed before/after changing the traveling lane.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides a vehicle control apparatus performing an automatic driving of a vehicle including a vehicle information acquiring unit that acquires vehicle information related to a nearby vehicle; a setting unit that sets an intervehicle margin between the vehicle and the nearby vehicle, and determines a change timing of a travelling speed of the vehicle; and a driving control unit that performs a control of changing the travelling speed of the vehicle at the change timing, and a control of an intervehicle distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle of the vehicle.

