Disclosed is a steer-by-wire system and a control program therefor which
are capable of preventing a steering handle from being turned
excessively. According to the steer-by-wire system and the control
program, when drive electric current to a steering actuator is restrained
to restrict the steering of steerable road wheels, the steering reaction
force to the steering handle is increased thereby to make the steering
handle hard or unable to turn further. Thus, the steering handle can be
prevented from being turned excessively. Further, when the steering
actuator is heated beyond a predetermined temperature, such is judged as
the overload on the steering actuator thereby to restrain the drive
electric current to the steering actuator. Therefore, it can be obviated
that the steering actuator is overheated to suffer failure.