Parking brake control apparatus for vehicle

A parking brake control apparatus for a vehicle,

• the parking brake control apparatus controlling a parking brake of the vehicle, the parking brake control apparatus comprising:
• a parking switching operation unit provided in a position at which an occupant of the vehicle can operate the parking switching operation unit, the parking switching operation unit switching the parking brake between ON and OFF;
• a vehicle power source switching operation unit provided in a position at which the occupant can operate the vehicle power source switching operation unit, the vehicle power source switching operation unit switching a power source of the vehicle between ON and OFF;
• a parking brake controller controlling the parking brake and executing automatic application control in which the parking brake is automatically turned on when the power source of the vehicle is operated from ON to OFF by the occupant with use of the vehicle power source switching operation unit;
• and
• a prohibition condition determination unit determining that, in a state where the parking brake is OFF, the vehicle is stopped, and the vehicle power source is ON, a prohibition condition for prohibiting the automatic application to automatically turn the parking brake on is satisfied when a turning-off operation for the vehicle power source switching operation unit is executed after a turning-off operation for the parking switching operation unit is executed, wherein
• when a determination is made that the prohibition condition is satisfied, the parking brake controller does not execute the automatic application control.