Travel control device, travel control method, and non-transitory recording medium

A travel control method comprising:

• acquiring nearby vehicle information and surrounding road environment information of a host vehicle;
• and
• performing blind area avoidance control making the host vehicle avoid traveling in a blind area of an adjacent vehicle which is traveling in a lane adjoining a lane in which the host vehicle is traveling based on the nearby vehicle information, wherein
• the blind area avoidance control is performed when it is determined that the host vehicle continues to be positioned in the blind area, and
• the blind area avoidance control is not performed when it is determined that the host vehicle is passing the adjacent vehicle or when the adjacent vehicle is passing the host vehicle.

A non-transitory recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for causing a processor to execute a process comprising:

• acquiring nearby vehicle information and surrounding road environment information of a host vehicle;
• and
• performing blind area avoidance control making the host vehicle avoid traveling in a blind area of an adjacent vehicle which is traveling in a lane adjoining a lane in which the host vehicle is traveling based on the nearby vehicle information, wherein
• the blind area avoidance control is performed when it is determined that the host vehicle continues to be positioned in the blind area, and
• the blind area avoidance control is not performed when it is determined that the host vehicle is passing the adjacent vehicle or when the adjacent vehicle is passing the host vehicle.