Patent ID: 9637097
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B60T,B62J

Claim:
1. A control device for an automotive vehicle, which comprises: a removal detecting unit to detect removal of an equipment, which is required in the automotive vehicle when running on a public road, from the automotive vehicle; a determining unit to determine the presence of the automotive vehicle on a non-public road area in the event a determining condition including a detection signal fed from the removal detecting unit is satisfied; a selection image screen displaying when a non-public road mode appropriate for running on the non-public road is selectable by a driver of the automotive vehicle; a mode selector unit enables the driver to select the non-public road mode; and a drive control unit operable to set the automotive vehicle to the non-public road mode in response to a determination signal, fed from the determining unit and a selection of the non-public road mode.