Consider the game of "chicken". Two adolescents drive their cars toward each other at a high speed, each with one set of wheels on the center line of the highway. If neither veers off course they will crash. Whoever veers is "chicken." Both drivers prefer to avoid death,but they also want to void the "dishonor" of being "chicken." The outcome depends on what both drivers do, and each driver must try to predict how the other will be have.This form of "brinkmanship" is common in international relations.