VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONVOY OF VEHICLES

A lead vehicle (1) in an adaptive cruise control system that non-mechanically connects a following vehicle (2) to the lead vehicle (1) sequentially and that causes the following vehicle (2) to follow its immediately preceding vehicle calculates vehicle velocity limit (V1) for limiting a velocity of the lead vehicle (1) based on maximum allowable vehicle velocity (V2) of the following vehicle (2), maximum allowable vehicle velocity (V2) satisfying a turning performance of the following vehicle (2), and controls a brake apparatus and a drive apparatus such that the velocity of the lead vehicle (1) will not exceed vehicle velocity limit (V1).