Patent ID: 9014954
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A traffic control system characterized by providing a driver of a vehicle, which runs in a predetermined running state among vehicles running on a road having multiple lanes, with information on suppression of traffic congestion on the road, wherein the predetermined running state is running at a head of a vehicle group that includes a plurality of vehicles driving in the same lane, and the information is provided by providing a driver of a leading vehicle running at the head of the vehicle group with information on at least one of formation of the vehicle group with the leading vehicle at the head and driving operation of suppressing a growth of vehicles of the vehicle group located behind the lead vehicle, wherein the traffic control system is configured to provide the driver with the information on a basis of at least one of a running speed of the leading vehicle, a vehicle-to-vehicle value between the leading vehicle and a vehicle running immediately in front of the leading vehicle, and a number of vehicles included in the vehicle group, wherein the vehicle-to-vehicle value is a value concerning a relationship between the leading vehicle and the vehicle running immediately in front of the leading, the traffic control system being configured to urge the driver of the leading vehicle to perform a driving operation of at least one of acceleration and lane change in providing the driver with the information, and wherein a content of the driving operation that the driver is urged to perform is changed on a basis of a traffic volume on each of the lanes.