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

A vehicle control method comprising:

• recognizing, by a computer, an object around a vehicle;
• performing, by the computer, suppression control for suppressing the approach of the vehicle to the object when the object exists and a degree of approach between the vehicle and the object satisfies a predetermined condition;
• and
• changing a timing at which the irradiation range in light distribution control is changed from a first range to a second range in accordance with an operation of the suppression control, the light distribution control being control for changing an irradiation range of the headlamp installed in the vehicle from the first range to the second range, the second range being a region above the first range.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to:

• recognize an object around a vehicle;
• perform suppression control for suppressing the approach of the vehicle to the object when the object exists and a degree of approach between the vehicle and the object satisfies a predetermined condition;
• and
• change a timing at which the irradiation range in light distribution control is changed from a first range to a second range in accordance with an operation of the suppression control, the light distribution control being control for changing an irradiation range of the headlamp installed in the vehicle from the first range to the second range, the second range being a region above the first range.