Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method and vehicle control program

Abstract:

A vehicle control device includes a setting part that sets a target area which is an area used as a target when the host vehicle changes lane, a derivation part that derives a first time period which is a time length required from a start to a termination of a lane change by the host vehicle, and a second time period which is a time length required for a following reference vehicle, traveling at rear of the target area, to catch up with a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the host vehicle, a determination part that determines that the lane change by the host vehicle is possible, in a case at least a condition in which that the first time period is shorter than the second time period is satisfied, and a controller that performs the lane change of the host vehicle.