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In my opinion prosecution you are talking about is just not enough. Offending drivers often are sure, that they didn't do anything wrong (I'm not talking here about the extreme cases, where they caused serious injury or worse) - it's part of the mentality of some motorised road users who perceive cyclists, an often also pedestrians, as nuisance.
The point of cycling awareness course, which can replace silly fine or be added on top of that fine/sentence, would be to "rehabilitate" them, so they are less likely to re-offend.
It's a similar scenario to putting young offenders face to face with victims of their crimes (like knife crime victims etc.), so they can see the consequences of their actions, the impact they can have on their victims, perhaps to view things from another perspective.