I thought the author might mention some reasons why the current designs were lacking, and give some possible solutions that would improve the license plates in

I thought the author might mention some reasons why the current designs were lacking, and give some possible solutions that would improve the license plates in some measurable way. But it seems that he simply has a preference for his own design that features transparent font on two-color "simple" pictures. Why does the public need to "wake up" and realize that we are living in a world of awful license plate design if the solution just involves making each state conform to some arbitraty template?