Vehicle travel control apparatus, vehicle travel control method, and vehicle travel control program

A vehicle travel control method comprising by way of a computer:

• detecting an operation state of an accelerator pedal by a driver;
• performing an automatic travel control in which a vehicle is automatically stopped according to a predetermined condition independent of the operation of the driver;
• and
• decreasing, when limiting a drive amount when the vehicle is started according to the detected operation state of the accelerator pedal, the degree of limitation of the drive amount when the vehicle is started in a case where the vehicle is automatically stopped according to the automatic travel control compared to a case where the vehicle is stopped according to the operation of the driver.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising a vehicle travel control program for causing a computer to:

• detect an operation state of an accelerator pedal by a driver;
• perform an automatic travel control in which a vehicle is automatically stopped according to a predetermined condition independent of the operation of the driver;
• and
• decrease, when limiting a drive amount when the vehicle is started according to the detected operation state of the accelerator pedal, the degree of limitation of the drive amount when the vehicle is started in a case where the vehicle is automatically stopped according to the automatic travel control compared to a case where the vehicle is stopped according to the operation of the driver.