VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, MEDIUM FOR STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE

A vehicle control device has a processor configured to determine whether or not a problem exists with the level of active operation by the driver and when there is a problem with the driver, to set a stopping location for the vehicle on a traveling lane and to determine whether or not another traffic lane is adjacent on the side of the stopping location opposite from a passing lane and, when another traffic lane is adjacent, to determine whether or not the stopping location is within a stop avoidance area set in the traveling lane, based on an adjacent start location or an adjacent end location and, when the stopping location is within the stop avoidance area, to generate a stopping plan for stopping of the vehicle at a location between the adjacent start location and the adjacent end location other than in the stop avoidance area.