Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAM

Abstract:

A vehicle control system includes an acquisition unit that acquires traffic condition information of a main line, a first controller that determines whether the host vehicle is able to join the main line on the basis of the traffic condition information acquired by the acquisition unit and a length of a mergeable section in a merging place from the branch line to the main line, and a second controller that automatically controls at least acceleration and deceleration of the host vehicle such that the host vehicle travels from the branch line toward the main line in a case it is determined by the first controller that the host vehicle is able to join the main line.