Industrial vehicle

An industrial vehicle having a vehicle travel mode including a vehicle speed control mode in which a predetermined limit vehicle speed that is lower than the maximum vehicle speed of the industrial vehicle is set and the industrial vehicle is controlled so as to travel at an actual vehicle speed that is lower than the predetermined limit vehicle speed, the industrial vehicle comprising:

• an acceleration control member operated by a vehicle driver for controlling acceleration of the industrial vehicle;
• a target vehicle speed calculator calculating a target vehicle speed of the industrial vehicle based on an operation amount of the accelerator control member;
• a direction indicating member operated by the vehicle driver for controlling a travel direction of the industrial vehicle;
• a vehicle direction calculator calculating an instructing travel direction of the industrial vehicle based on a position of the direction indicating member;
• a vehicle speed calculator calculating an actual vehicle speed of the industrial vehicle;
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• a controller controlling traveling of the industrial vehicle,
• wherein, in the vehicle speed control mode, when the instructing travel direction is the same as an actual travel direction of the industrial vehicle and the target vehicle speed is lower than the actual vehicle speed, the controller maintains the vehicle travel mode in the vehicle speed control mode for controlling the traveling of the industrial vehicle.