A manually propelled vehicle having an assist function that assists walking of a user includes a vehicle body, a wheel for moving the vehicle body, sensor that detects an operating force, power driver that supplies power to the wheel based on the operating force, a motion sensor that detects a movement of the vehicle body according to the operating force detected by the sensor and controller that controls the power driver, wherein, when the user operates the manually propelled vehicle while the assist function is deactivated, the controller activates the assist function based on the movement of the vehicle body detected by the motion sensor.
