Vehicle speed limiting apparatus and vehicle speed control apparatus

A vehicle speed limiting apparatus, comprising:

• an opening detection unit configured to detect an opening of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle;
• an estimation unit configured to estimate whether the vehicle starts a lane change;
• and
• an electronic control unit configured to implement
• an upper-limit setting unit configured to set an upper-limit speed of the vehicle,
• a vehicle speed control unit configured to control the traveling speed so as not to exceed the upper-limit speed even when the opening of the accelerator pedal of the vehicle becomes great enough to make the traveling speed of the vehicle exceed the upper-limit speed, and
• a permissible speed setting unit configured to set a permissible speed higher than the upper-limit speed,
• wherein when the estimation unit estimates that the vehicle starts the lane change, the vehicle speed control unit permits the traveling speed to exceed the upper-limit speed, and controls the traveling speed so as not to exceed the permissible speed set by the permissible speed setting unit.