Patent ID: 8103423

Claim:
An apparatus for controlling traveling of a vehicle, comprising: a set vehicle speed detector configured to detect a set vehicle speed; a limited vehicle speed detector configured to detect a limited vehicle speed of a road, on which a host vehicle is traveling; a first man-machine interface configured to set the set vehicle speed; a second man-machine interface configured to set a desired vehicle speed to the limited vehicle speed manually by a driver's operation made to the second man-machine interface; a driver's operation detector configured to detect driver's operation made to the man-machine interfaces; a desired vehicle speed setting section configured to set the desired vehicle speed basically to the set vehicle speed, and also configured to set the desired vehicle speed to the limited vehicle speed, based on a result of detection of the driver's operation made to the second man-machine interface, under a condition where the limited vehicle speed has been detected by the limited vehicle speed detector; and a control device configured to control a speed of the host vehicle in a manner so as to bring the host vehicle speed closer to the desired vehicle speed, wherein said apparatus is configured to determine, based on an operational signal from the first man-machine interface and an operational signal from the second man-machine interface, whether either the first man-machine interface or the second man-machine interface is operated by the driver.