Honestly, one person walking across some grass a few times a year is not the big issue. It gets trampled by animals all the time anyway. The real problem is when a hundred people do it and make a new dirt path. That single shortcut you took probably just bent a few blades. Save the guilt for the actual stuff that hurts the place, like littering or bothering wildlife. This just seems like a tiny thing to worry about.

My version involves just fleeing to the bathroom.

Wait, what's the glue in quiet drives then?