Rationalizability or Nash equilibrium
Rationalizability is a solution concept that is robust to small misspecifications about the information players have, as well as the payoffs of their actions. I do think it provides reasonable predictions in situations where Nash equilibrium requires coordination or precise beliefs about other players actions or beliefs, especially when players have not had enough opportunity to learn the game. This is a long way to say that I agree with you regarding the chicken game. Though I believe that the most common outcome is that all players decide to wait longer than necessary, that's the main coordination problem that signs, lights, and rules solve, I  believe.