License Plates in Minnesota

The State of Minnesota has replaced the state traditional raised letter/number vehicle license plates with similar looking license plates and the change is not for the better.
I can imagine that they are much cheaper to manufacture as they avoid the costly stamping of the assigned license number and have replaced it with a simple printing on a flat surface. They still contain the holograms and reflectorized paint. The painting of the numbers presents a problem to law enforcement and anyone else who may try to read the numbers in our salt/snow /ice climate that we often experience here in Minnesota winter.
A salt snow spray accumulation will quickly cover the plate and obscure the ability to read the numbers. When the numbers are raised, a similar salt spray covering is not able to hide readability of the number.
It won’t be long until the DOT hears from police departments and others across the state regarding the problem. I would think that those responsible for the change would look into why those numbers have been raised for so many years before making such a big change.