article_snippet.sent: Motoring groups reacted in fury to the decision, accusing appeal court judges – who are thought to earn more than £200,000 a year – of being 'out of touch'.
article_snippet.sent: Ian Taylor, of the Alliance of British Drivers, said: 'I think the judges are somewhat out of touch if the judges think £85 isn't extravagant. '
article_snippet.sent: An £85 penalty may not seem much to a rich lawyer
article_snippet.sent: If judges believe £85 is not an extravagant amount then what is?
article_snippet.sent: Richard Lloyd, executive director of consumer watchdog Which?, said: 'Richard Lloyd, executive director of consumer watchdog Which are concerned that this decision waters down the law on penalty charges and may encourage excessive default charges.'
article_snippet.sent: And AA president Edmund King said: 'Britain's motorists really will think judges are out of touch with everyday life if judges consider £85 to be a reasonable amount of money for a parking penalty.
article_snippet.sent: £85 may not seem much to highly paid lawyers but £85 represents a great deal of money to cash-strapped motorists.'
article_snippet.sent: AA president Edmund King added: 'This is a licence to print money for people who have now been handed an open cheque-book and invited to make up the figures as the figures like.'
article_snippet.sent: Speaking outside of the Court of Mr Beavis said AA president Edmund King would now be taking the case to the Court of Appeal Mr Beavis .
article_snippet.sent: The three judges who unanimously dismissed the challenge – Lord Justice Moore-Bick, Lord Justice Patten and Sir Timothy Lloyd – are all thought to earn around £202,000 a year.