Vehicle overtaking control system and method

A vehicle overtaking control system comprising:

• a traveling information detection means configured to provide traveling route information and road edge information of a traveling route of an own vehicle, detect a preceding vehicle and a trailing vehicle traveling in front and to a side-rear of the own vehicle, and detect a speed and distance to the own vehicle;
• and
• an overtaking control means configured to receive the traveling route information to determine whether the own vehicle is traveling on the highway and whether the own vehicle is traveling in an overtaking lane from the road edge information of the traveling route, and when the own vehicle is not traveling in the overtaking lane, perform a control operation of limiting overtaking of the own vehicle with respect to the preceding vehicle and the trailing vehicle based on the detected speed and distance of the preceding vehicle and the detected speed and distance of the trailing vehicle traveling in the overtaking lane.