VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAM

A vehicle control system includes an automated driving control unit that automatically controls at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a subject vehicle, the automated driving control unit performing automated driving control in any one of a plurality of modes with different degrees of automated driving, and an interface control unit that receives an operation of an occupant of the subject vehicle and restricts an operation with respect to an interface device on which predetermined information is output, according to the mode of automated driving performed by the automated driving control unit, and when the change to the mode of the automated driving in which the degree of automated driving decreases is performed in a state in which the restriction is relaxed or released, the interface control unit causes a state of the interface device to return to a state before the restriction is relaxed or released or performs a predetermined notification before a predetermined time at which the change of the mode of the automated driving is performed.