APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING DRIVING OF VEHICLE

Disclosed is an apparatus for assisting driving of a vehicle including a camera provided in the vehicle, a lidar sensor provided in the vehicle, and a controller configured to control the vehicle to prevent to deviate from a lane based on lane information obtained by the camera and the lidar sensor, wherein the controller excludes the lane information obtained by the camera and controls the vehicle to prevent to deviate from the lane based on the lane information obtained by the lidar sensor, when the vehicle enters a tunnel.