Vehicle-drive assisting apparatus

A vehicle-drive assisting apparatus comprising:

• a wheel position storing section storing positions where a left forward wheel has traveled is a forward direction and positions where the right forward wheel has traveled in the forward direction when a vehicle effects traveling, the left forward wheel and right forward wheel comprise preceding wheels located on the forward side in the forward traveling direction of the vehicle;
• a road surface information acquiring section acquiring road surface information indicating a road surface condition of a road surface on which the forward wheels have traveled;
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• a display image generating section generating a display image of the road surface information stored in the wheel position storing section and relating to the forward wheel position on a displaying unit provided in the vehicle, the display image including a first path indicating only the positions where the left forward wheel has traveled and a second path indicating only the positions where the right forward wheel has traveled, wherein the road surface information is superposed on the first path and on the second path.