1. A driving control device for a vehicle comprising: planning-route setting means for setting a planning route along which the vehicle is to be driven; vehicle-position computing means for computing the position of the vehicle; vehicle-direction estimating means for estimating the direction of the vehicle; and driving control means for controlling automatic driving of the vehicle based upon the vehicle position, the vehicle direction, and the planning route, wherein the driving control means stops driving control of the vehicle in the event that the differential value of the distance between the future position of the vehicle ahead of the current position of the vehicle and the planning route exceeds a predetermined threshold, and the steering torque exceeds a predetermined value.