I always think of this in RPG terms. You failed a perception check (didn’t see the hole), and then a dex check (tripped).
Another person might have made the perception check, because they knew the field was full of rabbit holes, so walked with extra care. Perhaps similar to how one walks in a cow pasture. Other people might simply have made their dex check, and recovered after stepping in the hole, instead of tripping.
Always walking with the care necessary to see hidden rabbit holes (or cow pies), imparts a significant movement penalty. It can also lower perception for other things (busy looking at the ground, and walked into a tree branch).
This is completely equivalent to what I do. I’ll check a map (electronic) for my unfamiliar destination, but then instead of writing down key points, I’ll let the nav system keep track of that for me. I know to pay attention when I’m outside of familiar streets.
One thing I would really like is a nav system that understands the idea of familiar areas. For example, if my destination is home, then go silent after I exit the freeway. The reverse, too, let me figure out how to get most of the way, but start announcing when leaving the usual travel area. This needs some type of sophisticated AI that knows my travel history, and has good defaults. Even if I’m on familiar streets, tell me when I get near a novel destination. When I get in the car at home, tell me to get on the freeway going south, but no more details until I get near the exit.
This was quite striking to me when I had my recent incident where somebody unexpectedly left tools in my driveway.
I got in the car, looked in the rear view camera, and saw something. It was not recognizable, so I didn’t know how to respond. I was primed to see things like a bicycle, person, or another car. I saw something else, so my initial reaction was that I should just back out. I had to consciously stop myself from doing that, because what I saw was nothing I expected to see, so my automatic reaction was to disregard it.