Driving assistance apparatus

A driving assistance apparatus configured to provide driving assistance regarding a traffic light in front of a host vehicle to a driver of the host vehicle when the traffic light is in a passage prohibited state, the driving assistance apparatus comprising:

• a careless driving state determination unit configured to determine whether the driver is in a careless driving state based on a driving operation of the driver;
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• a driving assistance unit configured to suppress driving assistance regarding the traffic light when the careless driving state determination unit determines that the driver is not in the careless driving state even if the traffic light in front of the host vehicle is in the passage prohibited state,
• wherein the careless driving state determination unit determines that the driver is not in the careless driving state when at least one of an acceleration intention of the driver, an deceleration intention of the driver, a steering intention of the driver, and a right or left turn intention of the driver is estimated to be present based on the driving operation of the driver, and determines that the driver is in the careless driving state when none of the acceleration intention of the driver, the deceleration intention of the driver, the steering intention of the driver, and the right or left turn intention of the driver are estimated to be present.