Bangkok Protests - Bangkok Shut Down Day 3

Today there were more cars and small trucks using Sukhumvit than yesterday.  I also noticed that the street vendors are back.  I was interested to see where all the cars were coming from, so I walked around the barriers at Asoke to have a look.

For cars travelling from the direction of Phrom Phom, they turned down in the direction of Rama IV, or came across from Soi 16 and simply cut through a gap in the barriers, which was manned by one solitary figure, whom you can see standing to the left of the gap.

Below you see a taxi that has done just that.  They then drive alongside the barrier and onto the little slip road that allows you to turn left onto Sukhumvit and drive in single file.  Nobody made any effort to stop them and in fact I saw the man at the barrier waving people across.  So much for stopping things.

My big worry had been no water delivery, but in fact that arrived this morning as usual.  I saw small trucks carrying things such as mattresses, cars and taxis with people in them and even the street cleaning truck was inside the 'barrier' area.  Maybe it is just me, but this does not seem a very effective way of grinding Bangkok to a halt.