VEHICLE TRAVELING CONTROL APPARATUS

A vehicle traveling control apparatus includes a first recognition unit recognizing a surrounding environment based on first surrounding environment information, a transceiver, a second recognition unit recognizing the surrounding environment based on second surrounding environment information, and a traveling control unit stopping a first vehicle when there is a possibility of contact between a first vehicle and a mobile object. While the first vehicle is traveling at low speed, the transceiver sends the first surrounding environment information and receives the second surrounding environment information to/from a second vehicle, and the second recognition unit recognizes that a mobile object is present in a blind spot or that the second vehicle is in a transition state based on the second surrounding environment information. The traveling control unit executes deceleration control and lowers an operation starting threshold when there is the possibility of contact between the first vehicle and the mobile object or the second vehicle.