The Game Theory Solution to the Game of “Chicken”

Not my original idea but worth repeating. Two cars drive towards each other and the first one to swerve loses. In this obviously hypothetical game, the obviously hypothetical solution is to throw your steering wheel out the window, making sure the other guy sees it. There are lots of real-world analogies.

No further explanation needed. All comments welcome.

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  1. Hopefully you would have a pretty good idea ahead of time that your opponent is not suicidal.

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