I at least partially agree with Lorenzo. The number of gas and electric scooter riders in suburban and urban areas have climbed exponentially with the easy access to chinese scooters fairly cheaply... and the modifications of the scooters are getting crazy. I follow a few MA scooter/moped groups and so many are getting the 2 year moped registrations then suping up the motors to do 50, 80mph + on those now illegal registrations which were, frankly, hard to see and easy to put by an officer. The move to plates makes it harder to fool them. I havent seen the new plates, but if they follow suit, they will have "moped" branded on them akin to the "motorcycle" on the according plates. The scooter community is a great group... but a few bad eggs have made it more difficult for the rest of us. I'm not a fan of the new plates but I understand why it has become needed. I think the plates will be fine, if a bit inconvenient. Change is inevitable. Mopeds are forever.