EXHIBIT 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being directors of Ryder System, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints Robert D. Fatovic, Flora R. Perez and John D. Montanti, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to execute in the name of each such person and to file (i) a Registration Statement of the Corporation on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to up to 250,000 shares of the Corporation’s common stock and (ii) any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as such person or persons executing the same pursuant to this Power of Attorney may approve.

     This Power of Attorney may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one Power of Attorney.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on this 30th day of May, 2006.

/s/ John M. Berra	/s/ David I. Fuente
John M. Berra	David I. Fuente
/s/ L. Patrick Hassey	/s/ Lynn M. Martin
L. Patrick Hassey	Lynn M. Martin
/s/ Daniel H. Mudd	/s/ Eugene A. Renna
Daniel H. Mudd	Eugene A. Renna
/s/ Abbie J. Smith	/s/ E. Follin Smith
Abbie J. Smith	E. Follin Smith
/s/ Hansel E. Tookes, II	/s/ Christine A. Varney
Hansel E. Tookes, II	Christine A. Varney