The invention relates to a speed control method for car-following motions, which is characterized in that the acceleration lva is acquired by means of three times of the relative distances between a front car and a following car, the speeds of both the front and following cars, and the time interval Delta t in which the relative distances between the two cars, and used as a second input variable. Ds and lva act as two input variables of a fuzzy controller, and the acceleration of the following car is used as the output variable fva of the fuzzy controller; ds, lva and fva are respectively divided into seven fuzzy word sets, namely, minus large, minus middle, minus small, zero, plus small, plus middle, and plus large, which are respectively represented as nb, nm, ns, ze, ps, pm, and pb; the membership functions of the seven fuzzy word sets adopt the common triangle functions. The fuzzy inference rules of fuzzy controller adopt the 49 rules inducted in a rule table; the fuzzy set of the variable fva is calculated by use of the maximum-minimum approach; finally, the method of mass center is adopted to deblur the fuzzy sets of the output variable fva, thus obtaining the acceleration of the following car.