VEHICLE RUNNING CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE

It is needed to stop an own vehicle smoothly and constantly at the same vehicle-to-vehicle distance every time a preceding vehicle stop, to give an occupant the feel of safe. The disclosed invention comprises means for detecting the speed of a preceding vehicle, means for detecting the distance between the preceding vehicle and an own vehicle, first target distance setting means to be set when the preceding vehicle is running at a speed level higher than a preset speed and second target distance setting means to be set when it is running at a speed lower than the preset speed, thereby controlling the own vehicle by selecting any one of a first target vehicle-to-vehicle distance or a second target vehicle-to-vehicle distance. It enables the smooth stoppage of the own vehicle at an appropriate vehicle-to-vehicle distance to improve the feeling of safe of an occupant.