diff --git a/selfdrive/controls/lib/driver_monitor.py b/selfdrive/controls/lib/driver_monitor.py
index c175adea6..11ea0ba44 100644
--- a/selfdrive/controls/lib/driver_monitor.py
+++ b/selfdrive/controls/lib/driver_monitor.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from common.filter_simple import FirstOrderFilter
 from common.params import Params
 params = Params()
 
-_AWARENESS_TIME = 90.        # 1.5 minutes limit without user touching steering wheels make the car enter a terminal status
+_AWARENESS_TIME = 1800.        # 30 minutes limit without user touching steering wheels make the car enter a terminal status
 _AWARENESS_PRE_TIME_TILL_TERMINAL = 20.    # a first alert is issued 20s before expiration
 _AWARENESS_PROMPT_TIME_TILL_TERMINAL = 5.  # a second alert is issued 5s before start decelerating the car
 _DISTRACTED_TIME = 10.