A vehicle drive assist system comprises a camera for picking up an image
of an area existing in an advancing direction of a vehicle; display means
for displaying the image picked up by the camera; steering angle
detecting means for detecting a steering angle for steering the vehicle;
traveling path predicting means for predicting a traveling path of the
vehicle on the basis of the steering angle detected by the steering angle
detecting means; and drive assist means for overlaying on the display
means drive assist information containing the vehicle predictive
traveling path predicted by the traveling path predicting means and guide
lines prolonged from the lines defining the width of the vehicle body on
the image of the area existing in the vehicle advancing direction.