Vehicle control device, information provision method, and non-transitory recording medium

An information provision method providing a driver through an information provision device mounted in a vehicle with a driving event which will occur at a point ahead in the direction of advance from a current point based on a driving plan prepared during automated driving where a driving operation of the vehicle is automatically performed,

• the information provision method provided with:
• a step of judging the suitability of the driving operation corresponding to the driving event being performed by the driver at a point before the point of the driving event;
• and
• a step of providing the driver with judgment information so that the driver does not perform the driving operation corresponding to the driving event at a point before the point of the driving event when judging it is not suitable to perform it.

A nontransitory recording medium provided with a computer program making a computer:

• provide a driver through an information provision device mounted in a vehicle with a driving event which will occur at a point ahead in the direction of advance from a current point based on a driving plan prepared during automated driving where a driving operation of the vehicle is automatically performed;
• judge the suitability of the driving operation corresponding to the driving event being performed by the driver at a point before the point of the driving event;
• and
• provide the driver through the information provision device with judgment information so that the driver does not perform the driving operation corresponding to the driving event at a point before the point of the driving event when judging it is not suitable to perform it.