Patent ID: 6347274
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: B60K,B60Q,B60W,B60Y,G08G

Abstract:
A vehicular travel control system comprising:vehicle size detecting means for detecting size of a leading vehicle; following distance detecting means for detecting following distance between a leading vehicle and an own vehicle; insolation detecting means for detecting insolation around the own vehicle; appropriate following distance calculating means for calculating an appropriate following distance; travel control means for controlling travel of the own vehicle so that a following distance between said leading vehicle and the own vehicle detected by said following distance detecting means becomes an appropriate following distance derived by said appropriate following distance calculating means, said appropriate following distance deriving means deriving said appropriate following distance so that said appropriate following distance becomes longer when the size of the leading vehicle detected by said vehicle size detecting means is large and said appropriate following distance becomes longer at higher brightness detected by said insolation detecting means.