Operation control apparatus

An operation control apparatus, characterized by comprising:

• a dangerous region determination section which, when an obstacle is detected in a dangerous region which is set in a vehicle travel direction from a vehicle in accordance with the travel speed of the vehicle, determines that it is dangerous for a driver of the vehicle to operate an in-car electrical component equipped in the vehicle, and controls a display to display a visual indication that it is dangerous for the driver to operate the in-car electrical component;
• and
• a driver action detection section which detects an action of the driver attempting to operate the in-car electrical component;
• and
• a dangerous operation recognition section which:
• in response to the driver action detection section detecting that there is the action of the driver attempting to operate the in-car electrical component while the visual indication that it is dangerous for the driver to operate the in-car electrical component is displayed, controls a speaker to output an audio indication that the attempted operation of the in-car electrical component is prohibited, and outputs, to the in-ear electrical component, a signal for cancelling the attempted operation of the in-car electrical component;
• and
• while the visual indication that it is dangerous for the driver to operate the in-car electrical component is displayed, and it is determined that there is an action wherein a fellow passenger other than the driver attempts to operate the in-car electrical component, does not control the speaker to output the audio indication that the attempted operation of the in-car electrical component is prohibited.