DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle including: a camera mounted to the host vehicle and having a field of view outside of the host vehicle, the camera configured to obtain front image data; and a controller configured to process the front image data, obtain collision time with a surrounding vehicle and weather information based on the image data, and control a braking device provided in the vehicle to start braking at a first braking time point based on the collision time and weather information.