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@K.Coo
In terms of what to say to cyclists, I tend to either lie ("someone I know was badly hurt doing what you're doing") or smile and suggest that they're, for example, more visible in the middle of the lane at a junction- focus on how they could do things better rather than what they're doing wrong. Suggesting cycle training can go down quite badly, but I tend to emphasize the fact that it's free, seems to take the edge off.
Oh, and I told off a PCSO for stopping with his foot on the kerb at some lights the other day- asked incredulously- "don't you guys get cycle training?" he told me his positioning was "quicker" (???) and I sweetly suggested he should be setting an example with his riding. To which his colleague yelled "you've been TOLD, bruv!"
Weird.