Choose the version of the sentence below that has correctly placed modifiers.
A. Coughing and sputtering, Alan steered the old car to the side of the road.
B. The old car was coughing and sputtering as Alan steered to the side of the road
C. The car Alan was driving coughed and sputtered as he steering it down the road.
D. The coughing and sputtering car Alan was driving steered down the road.