EXHIBIT 23.1

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


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

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement  (No. 33-
58003) on Form S-8 of Ryder System, Inc. of our report dated June 24, 2002,
relating to the statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the
Ryder System, Inc. Employee Savings Plan B as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, 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, 2001 annual report on Form 11-K of
the Ryder System, Inc. Employee Savings Plan B filed by Ryder System, Inc.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Miami, Florida
June 25, 2002