DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS

A driving assistance apparatus configured to provide driving assistance regarding a traffic light to a driver of a host vehicle when the traffic light in front of the host vehicle is in a passage prohibited state, wherein the driving assistance apparatus determines whether the driver is in a careless driving state, and suppresses driving assistance regarding the traffic light when the driver is determined to be in the careless driving state even when the traffic light in front of the host vehicle is in the passage prohibited state.