VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE, ACCELERATION-AND-DECELERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAM

A vehicle control apparatus performs an acceleration suppressing control to suppress an acceleration of a vehicle, when a distracted state detected based on a driver’s seat image continues for a predetermined first time. The distracted state is a state in which an attentiveness for driving of the driver is impaired. The vehicle control apparatus performs a deceleration control to decelerate the vehicle to stop the vehicle, when the distracted state continues for a predetermined second time that is longer than the first time.