Vehicle driving assistance apparatus

A vehicle driving assistance apparatus comprising an electronic control unit configured to execute:

• a following moving control for moving an own vehicle by autonomously and alternately executing a powering control of powering the own vehicle and a coasting control of causing the own vehicle to coast while maintaining an inter-vehicle distance between the own vehicle and a preceding vehicle in front of the own vehicle within a predetermined inter-vehicle distance range;
• and
• a vehicle moving speed control for moving the own vehicle by autonomously and alternately executing the powering control and the coasting control while maintaining a moving speed of the own vehicle within a predetermined vehicle moving speed range,
• wherein the electronic control unit is configured to:
• execute the following moving control based on a determination that the preceding vehicle exists and a moving speed of the preceding vehicle is equal to or smaller than a predetermined vehicle moving speed;
• and
• execute the vehicle moving speed control instead of the following moving control based on a determination that the preceding vehicle exists and the moving speed of the preceding vehicle is greater than the predetermined vehicle moving speed.