Drive planning device, storage medium storing computer program for drive planning and drive planning method

A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program for creating a driving plan, which causes a processor execute a process, and the process comprising:

• assessing whether there is a problem with a driver,
• detecting an object approaching behind a vehicle,
• assessing whether the vehicle is travelling in a traffic lane bordering a shoulder and whether an object traveling the shoulder from behind the vehicle and approaching the vehicle is detected, and
• determining a first target stopping location for stopping the vehicle on the shoulder in order to create a first driving plan in which the vehicle is moved to the first target stopping location when it is assessed there is a problem with the driver, and it is assessed that the vehicle is travelling in the traffic lane bordering the shoulder and the object traveling the shoulder from behind the vehicle and approaching the vehicle is not detected, determining a second target stopping location for stopping the vehicle in the traffic lane in which the vehicle is traveling in order to create a second driving plan in which the vehicle is moved to the second target stopping location when it is assessed there is a problem with the driver, and it is assessed that the vehicle is travelling in the traffic lane bordering the shoulder and the object traveling the shoulder from behind the vehicle and approaching the vehicle is detected, and determining a third target stopping location for stopping the vehicle on the shoulder in order to create a third driving plan in which the vehicle is moved to the third target stopping location when it is assessed that the object traveling the shoulder from behind the vehicle and approaching the vehicle is not detected after the second target stopping location has been determined.

A method for creating a driving plan carried out by a drive planning device, and the method comprising:

• assessing whether there is a problem with a driver,
• detecting an object approaching behind a vehicle,
• assessing whether the vehicle is travelling in a traffic lane bordering a shoulder and whether an object traveling the shoulder from behind the vehicle and approaching the vehicle is detected, and
• determining a first target stopping location for stopping the vehicle on the shoulder in order to create a first driving plan in which the vehicle is moved to the first target stopping location when it is assessed there is a problem with the driver, and it is assessed that the vehicle is travelling in the traffic lane bordering the shoulder and the object traveling the shoulder from behind the vehicle and approaching the vehicle is not detected, determining a second target stopping location for stopping the vehicle in the traffic lane in which the vehicle is traveling in order to create a second driving plan in which the vehicle is moved to the second target stopping location when it is assessed there is a problem with the driver, and it is assessed that the vehicle is travelling in the traffic lane bordering the shoulder and the object traveling the shoulder from behind the vehicle and approaching the vehicle is detected, and determining a third target stopping location for stopping the vehicle on the shoulder in order to create a third driving plan in which the vehicle is moved to the third target stopping location when it is assessed that the object traveling the shoulder from behind the vehicle and approaching the vehicle is not detected after the second target stopping location has been determined.