There's a famous game-theoretic strategy to win a game of chicken.

Game of chicken here means, two opponents get in cars pointed at each other and floor it. First person to steer away loses.

The best game theoretic strategy is to visibly throw out your steering wheel before the game starts.

That means your opponent knows they must swerve (losing the game) or die.

Imagine that you've already executed this strategy and your car is 80% of the way to impacting the other car.

The worst possible thing you could do is to say "Oh actually let me pull out this backup steering wheel I have right here!"