Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and non-transitory recording medium

A vehicle control method, whereby a processor provided in a vehicle:

• executes first lane change assistance control that moves the vehicle from a travel lane, which is a lane in which the vehicle is traveling, to an adjacent lane when a first operation has been executed with respect to an operation member operable by an occupant of the vehicle;
• and
• executes second lane change assistance control that moves the vehicle from the travel lane to a distant lane, which is a lane on an opposite side of the adjacent lane from the travel lane, when a second operation different from the first operation has been executed with respect to the operation member.

A non-transitory recording medium storing a program executable by a computer to perform processing, the processing comprising:

• executing, when a first operation has been executed with respect to an operation member operable by an occupant of a vehicle, first lane change assistance control that moves the vehicle from a travel lane, which is a lane in which the vehicle is traveling, to an adjacent lane;
• and
• executing, when a second operation different from the first operation has been executed with respect to the operation member, second lane change assistance control that moves the vehicle from the travel lane to a distant lane, which is a lane on an opposite side of the adjacent lane from the travel lane.