~~FORM~~OMB 4APPROVAL ~~(CONTINUED)~~OMB TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- |3. Trans- |4. Trans- |5. Number of | 6. Date Exer- |7. Title and Amount |8. Price | | Security | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying | of | | (Instr. 3) | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities | Expiration | Securities | Deriv- | | | Price of | (Month/| (Instr.| Acquired (A) | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative | | | Deriv- | Day/ | 8) | or Disposed | (Month/Day/ | | Secur- | | | ative | Year) | | of (D) | Year) | | ity | | | Security | | | (Instr. 3, | | | (Instr. 5)| | | | | | 4, and 5) |-----------------|--------------------| | | | | | | | Date |Expira- | | Amount or| | | | | |----------|----------------| Exer- |tion | Title | Number of| | | | | | Code| V | (A) | (D) | cisable|Date | | Shares | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | Stock Options | | | | | | | | | Common | | | | (right to buy) | $16.595 | 9/6/02 | M | | | 50,000 |10/11/01|10/10/10| Stock | 50,000 | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of | | Derivative | Form of | Indirect | | Securities | Derivative | Beneficial | | Beneficially | Security: ~~| Ownership | | Owned at End | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4) | | of Month | or Indirect (I) | | | (Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) | | | | | | |~~3235-~~--------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|~~0287 | 100,000 | D | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of ResponsesExpires: **January Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal /s/ Corliss J. Nelson 9/9/02 Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). -------------------------------- ------- ** Signature of Reporting Person(1) Date Note. File three copies of this form31, ~~one~~2005 ofEstimated ~~which~~average ~~must~~burdenhours beper ~~manually signed~~response. ~~Page 2 If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure~~. ~~(Print or Type Responses) Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number~~.0.5

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 4

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

o	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b)

Name and Address of Reporting
Person* (Last, First, Middle)

Issuer Name and Ticker or
Trading Symbol

I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting
Person, if an entity (Voluntary)

NELSON, CORLISS J.

RYDER SYSTEM, INC. (R)

3600 N. W. 82ND AVENUE

Statement for (Month/Day/Year)

If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

2/13/03

(Street)

Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check All Applicable)

Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)

MIAMI, FL 33166

(City) (State) (Zip)

Director

10% Owner

Form filed by One Reporting Person

Officer (give title below)

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Other (specify below)

Senior EVP & Chief Financial Officer

Reminder:		Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

*		If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v).

Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

Title of Security
(Instr. 3)

Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year)

2a.

Deemed Execution
Date, if any.
(Month/Day/Year)

Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

Securities Acquired (A)
or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

Amount of Securities
Beneficially Owned
Following Reported
Transactions(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)

Ownership
Form:
Direct (D) or
Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

Nature of
Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

Amount

(A)
or
(D)

Price

Common Stock

2/13/03

5,000

38,225

Common Stock

2,970

(1)

Common Stock

2,373

(2)

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Table II — Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Title of Derivative
Security
(Instr. 3)

Conversion or Exercise
Price of Derivative
Security

Transaction
Date
(Month/Day/Year)

3a.

Deemed Execution
Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year)

Transaction
Code
(Instr. 8)

Number of Derivative Securities
Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

Code

(A)

(D)

Stock Option (right to buy)

$22.10

2/13/03

50,000

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Table II — Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned — Continued
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Date Exercisable and
Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

Title and Amount
of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

Price of Derivative
Security
(Instr. 5)

Number of Derivative
Securities Beneficially Owned
Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10.

Ownership Form of
Derivative Security:
Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11.

Nature of
Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Date
Exercisable

Expiration
Date

Title

Amount or
Number of
Shares

(3)

2/12/10

Common Stock

50,000

Explanation of Responses:

(1) By Spouse.

(2) By Ryder Employee Savings Plan B.

(3) Vests in three equal installments on 2/13/04, 2/13/05 and 2/13/06.

(4) Pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed with this Form 4.

/s/ Richard H. Siegel (4)		2/17/03
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

**		Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:		File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Richard H. Siegel, David M. Beilin and Vicki A. O’Meara signing singly, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)		execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Ryder System, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)		do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)		take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of February, 2003.


		/s/ CORLISS J. NELSON

		Corliss J. Nelson


STATE OF FLORIDA	)
	)	ss:
COUNTY OF DADE	)

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 14th day of February, 2003, by Corliss J. Nelson, who is personally known to me.


		/s/ DELORES CLARK

		Notary Public

		My Commission Expires: 4/24/05

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