VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

Provided is a apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle, the apparatus comprising: at least one sensor of an image sensor or a radar sensor mounted to the host vehicle and having a field of view outside of the host vehicle; and a controller communicatively connected to the at least one sensor, wherein the controller is configured to: identify at least one surrounding vehicle around the host vehicle based on processing an output of the at least one sensor, calculate a target inter-vehicle distance based on the own vehicle speed and a driver set distance received from a driver, and vary the calculated target inter-vehicle distance based on driving information of the at least one surrounding vehicle.