Patent ID: 8525655

Claim:
A vehicle control system for implementing a vehicle control for preventing an own vehicle from having a contact with another vehicle approaching the own vehicle, the vehicle control system comprising: an approaching vehicle sensor for sensing: whether or not the approaching vehicle is present, and a distance between the own vehicle and the approaching vehicle; an extending direction sensor for sensing an extending direction of a road on which the approaching vehicle sensed by the approaching vehicle sensor is traveling; an own vehicle proceeding direction sensor for sensing a proceeding direction of the own vehicle; a reverse movement sensor for sensing that the own vehicle is making a reverse movement; a braking section for applying a braking force to the own vehicle in a case that the distance which is sensed by the approaching vehicle sensor and is defined between the own vehicle and the approaching vehicle is less than or equal to a braking control operation distance which is a certain distance; and a control section for setting the braking control operation distance according to an angle formed by: the proceeding direction sensed by the own vehicle proceeding direction sensor, and the extending direction sensed by the extending direction sensor, wherein the setting operation is implemented in a case that the reverse movement sensor senses that the own vehicle is making the reverse movement.