EXHIBIT 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



The Participants and Administrator
Ryder System, Inc. Employee Savings Plan A:


We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No.
33-58001) on Form S-8 of Ryder System, Inc. of our report dated June 23, 2000,
relating to the statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the
Ryder System, Inc. Employee Savings Plan A as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, the
related statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the
years then ended, and the supplementary information included in Schedules I and
II, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 11-K of
the Ryder System, Inc. Employee Savings Plan A filed by Ryder System, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Miami, Florida
June 23, 2000

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