VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD

A vehicle control method is disclosed. The vehicle control method includes: while controlling the driving of a vehicle taking control of itself, determining if there is a need to hand over the control of driving to a passenger in the vehicle; if it is determined that there is a need to hand over the control of driving to a passenger in the vehicle, selecting at least one of passengers to whom the control of driving may be handed over; determining an order of priority in handing over the control of driving by taking into consideration the at least one selected passenger's occupancy state information; handing over the control of driving to a top priority passenger according to the order of priority; and controlling the driving environment by taking into consideration the top priority passenger's occupancy state information.