Patent ID: 8406977

Claim:
A driving support apparatus comprising: a driving support controller for starting to execute a driving support control when a support start condition is met, wherein the driving support control provides to notify information for supporting a driver of a vehicle when the vehicle turns right or left at an intersection, the support start condition includes a condition that the vehicle enters into a driving support area and a condition that the driver turns on a blinker of the vehicle, and the driving support area includes the intersection and a near side of the intersection; a current position detector for detecting a current position of the vehicle; and a driving direction determination unit for successively determining based on the current position of the vehicle whether there is a possibility of the vehicle turning at the intersection in a direction, to which the blinker turns, instead of going through the intersection along with a same direction as a driving direction of the vehicle before the intersection, wherein the driving support controller sets an enforcement notification state when the driving direction determination unit determines that there is a possibility of the vehicle turning at the intersection in the direction, to which the blinker turns, after the driving support controller starts to execute the driving support control, wherein the driving support control provides to notify information in the enforcement notification state even when the blinker turns off, and wherein the driving support controller ends the enforcement notification state when the driving direction determination unit determines that there is no possibility of the vehicle turning at the intersection in the direction, to which the blinker turns.