Watch out for <left turns into fields> and driveways.

[WilliamTaft]

Animal-drawn vehicles and horseback riders
They have the same right to the road as a motor vehicle. They must follow the same rules you do. Pass with care. Do not use your horn or “rev” the engine. This may scare the horse and cause a crash. Watch out for left turns into fields and driveways. Warning signs may be posted in areas where you are likely to find horse-drawn vehicles and horseback riders. Be alert.
Source: Utah Driver Handbook 2022-2023

What does the bolded expression mean?

 

[jutfrank]

In the US, people drive on the right side of the road. That means in order to make a left turn you have to go across the road, which could be potentially hazardous since horses don't have indicator lights.

 

[Tarheel]

Say: "Animal-drawn vehicles and horseback riders have the same rights to the road as everybody else."

Left turns are more of a problem because you have to cross the lane of oncoming traffic.

I agree with "Pass with care".

Motorists can get impatient when approaching a horse-drawn vehicle because they (horse-drawn vehicles) tend to be slower than the rest of the traffic.

You're giving advice to motorists for dealing with the situation.

 

[SoothingDave]

Is it the "into fields" that is confusing you? That means the horse-drawn carriage may turn to go into a piece of agricultural property (a field), which isn't a place where motorists would normally expect a vehicle to be turning.

 

[emsr2d2]

Say: "Animal-drawn vehicles and horseback riders have the same rights to the road as everybody else."
Left turns are more of a problem because you have to cross the lane of oncoming traffic.
I agree with "Pass with care".

You're giving advice to motorists for dealing with the situation.

To be fair, the OP isn't giving advice to anyone. The whole piece is an excerpt from the Utah Driver Handbook 2022-2023, as is clearly shown in post #1. If you want to suggest that it should be reworded, you need to contact the writers or the publishers.

 

[Tarheel]

@emsr2d2 OK.

It seems like it was written in a hurry, and the writer didn't bother to do any proofreading. For example, the first sentence has "They" in the middle, and it shouldn't be there at all. Not until the fourth sentence do they decide to stick to one subject.

I suppose they get paid no matter no matter what the quality of their output is.

 

[emsr2d2]

It seems like it was written in a hurry, and the writer didn't bother to do any proofreading. For example, the first sentence has "They" in the middle, and it shouldn't be there at all. Not until the fourth sentence do they decide to stick to one subject.

There is no misplaced "They" in the first sentence. "Animal-drawn vehicles and horseback riders" is the title of the article. That's why it's alone at the top and why it has no closing punctuation. "They" is the first word of the first sentence of the article. "They" at the start of the first and second main sentences refers to "Animal-drawn vehicles and horseback riders".

 

[Tarheel]

@emsr2d2
There should be a space between the title and the body of the text. Your turn.

 

[emsr2d2]

I used common sense. It's not a complete sentence. It has no closing punctuation. It makes perfect sense as a title. The OP didn't leave an empty line before the "Source" line either but it was presumably clear to both of us that that wasn't part of the quote.

 

[Tarheel]

@emsr2d2
I didn't give the source line a second look. In fact, I had to take another look at the OP to know what you meant.

(It's hot here today in Charlotte. It's 86 degrees and humid. Mostly sunny.)

 

[WilliamTaft]

Is it the "into fields" that is confusing you?

Yes. Thank you, SoothingDave.

 

[Tarheel]

@WilliamTaft They are probably talking about rural areas. Maybe they are headed to a farm.