Patent ID: 8566017

Claim:
A driving support apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a turn signal switch to be operated when making a turn; a traveling condition imaging unit configured to capture road traveling conditions around a subject vehicle; a vehicle speed detecting unit configured to detect a vehicle speed of the subject vehicle; and a calculating unit configured to set a timing to start turning and a specified vehicle speed for turning, wherein the calculating unit includes: a driving lane condition detecting unit configured to check which one of a right turn switch and a left turn switch of the turn signal switch is turned on when the turn signal switch is turned on, detect traveling conditions of vehicles traveling on the turned-on switch side based on the road traveling conditions captured by the traveling condition imaging unit and detect a space to cut into based on the detection result of the road traveling conditions; and a vehicle entry timing detecting unit configured to obtain an entry start time at which the subject vehicle is to enter the space to cut into, and output an entry start instruction signal to an instruction unit when the entry start time is reached.