Vehicle control device, vehicle, and vehicle control method

A vehicle control device applicable to a vehicle including a steering wheel, an adjacent lane sensor, and a notification device, the adjacent lane sensor detecting another vehicle traveling in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to an own vehicle lane in which an own vehicle is traveling, the notification device notifying a request to a driver of the own vehicle, wherein

• the vehicle control device comprising:
• at least one of (i) a circuit and (ii) a processor with a memory storing computer program code executable by the processor, the at least one of the circuit and the processor configured to cause the vehicle control device to:
• perform hands-off control that causes the own vehicle to travel in a hands-off state in which the driver is not holding the steering wheel;
• and
• output a hands-on request to the notification device on a basis that (i) the hands-off control is being performed and (ii) other vehicle speed is higher than own vehicle speed, the other vehicle speed being a speed of the other vehicle detected by the adjacent lane sensor, the own vehicle speed being a speed of the own vehicle, the hands-on request requesting transition to a hands-on state in which the driver is holding the steering wheel.