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Not sure what your edit means. Looking over your shoulder is how you check your blind spots. So what exactly are you asking about if that's "not under question".
Thanks for asking the question. I was a passenger in a motorway accident where while the driver was performing an overtaking manouver was looking over thier shoulder and rear ended the car in front who suddenly broke. Isn't your primary responsibility to make sure the road in front of you is clear? (The direction in which the vehicle is travelling. When reversing is it not more efficient to look over your shoulder than using your mirrors.
I agree with the unpopular comment made by https://lemm.ee/u/SwearingRobin (Sorry, don't know how to properly link the comment)
I appreciate different situations require different behaviour but if you cannot maintain the 3 second rule so should your driving style be adapted?
I'm still not entirely sure what you're asking, but you are responsible for BOTH the cars in front of you AND not changing lanes with someone in your blind spot. Both accidents would be your fault if you hit someone from behind OR changed lanes while someone is already occupying it.
If there's not enough time to look over your shoulder before you would be too close to the person in front of you, then you should slow down to maintain a safe distance from the person in front of you, THEN check your blond spot over your shoulder, THEN change lanes and re-accelerate. It sounds like this person was too close to the person in front of them and/or approaching them at too high of a speed differential to safely check their blind spot over their shoulder AND return their head to forward facing before getting too close.