Driving assistance apparatus, driving assistance method, and storage medium storing assistance recommendation program

A driving assistance method comprising:

• storing association data in a storage, wherein the association data associates a plurality of traveling situations with a plurality of situation assistance processes, and each situation assistance process is a driving assistance process for a specific traveling situation;
• acquiring a value of a traveling situation variable that is a variable indicating a traveling situation of a vehicle among the plurality of traveling situations;
• operating a human interface to propose, to a driver of the vehicle, at least one of the plurality of situation assistance processes according to the association data based on the value of the traveling situation variable;
• and
• when detecting that the driver has approved a proposal of the at least one of the plurality of situation assistance processes via the human interface, enabling a setting of an approved situation assistance process.

A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing an assistance recommendation program configured to cause a processor to:

• store association data in a storage, wherein the association data associates a plurality of traveling situations with a plurality of situation assistance processes, and each situation assistance process is a driving assistance process for a specific traveling situation;
• acquire a value of a traveling situation variable that is a variable indicating a traveling situation of a vehicle among the plurality of traveling situations;
• operate a human interface to propose, to a driver of the vehicle, at least one of the plurality of situation assistance processes according to the association data based on the value of the traveling situation variable;
• and
• when detecting that the driver has approved a proposal of the at least one of the plurality of situation assistance processes via the human interface, enable a setting of an approved situation assistance process.