Patent attributes
A vehicle control apparatus and method are provided. The vehicle control apparatus comprises a surrounding detection part, detecting a surrounding status of a host vehicle; and a control part, performing a moving control of the host vehicle according to the surrounding status. In a road system including a first road and a second road intersected with the first road that includes a first lane, a second lane that is an opposite lane of the first lane and a specified area arranged between the first and the second lanes, when the host vehicle enters the first lane, the control part make a determined result whether the host vehicle can enter the specified area or not according to a traffic situation of the second lane, and performs the moving control according to the determined result.
