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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                           AMENDMENT and JOINDER TO
              AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 19th day of April, 2001 by and among
Transit Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "Company"), the holders of
Series A Preferred Stock, no par value per share, of the Company (the "Series A
Holders") and all of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock, no par value per
share, of the Company, (the "Series B Holders" and together with the Series A
Holders, the "Stockholders").

     WHEREAS, the Company sold 5,000,000 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock,
no par value per share ("Series A Preferred"), to the Series A Holders pursuant
to the terms of that certain Stock Purchase Agreement by and between the Company
and the Series A Holders dated May 13, 1999 (the "Series A Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to sell up to 1,870,000 shares of its Series B
Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred") to the Series B Holders, and the
Series B Holders desire to purchase the Series B Preferred, and the Company
desires to issue up to 1,100,000 shares of Series B Preferred as a placement or
deferral fee in connection therewith; and

     WHEREAS, the Series A Holders and the Company are parties to that certain
Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company and the Series A Holder
dated May 13, 1999, attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Registration Rights
Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, the parties to the Registration Rights Agreement desire for
certain of the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement to
apply to the Series B Preferred, subject to the amendments set forth herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree to amend the
Registration Rights Agreement as follows:

     1.    Upon the issuance of the Series B Preferred to the Series B Holders,
the term "Convertible Preferred Stock" shall be amended to include the Company's
Series B Preferred Stock, no par value per share.

     2.    Upon issuance of the Series B Preferred to the Series B Holders, the
definition of "Registrable Securities" shall be deleted and replaced with the
following:

"Registrable Securities" shall mean the shares of Common Stock from time to time
issued or issuable to (x) the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock (i) upon
the conversion thereof or (ii) hereafter acquired by a Holder as a dividend or
other distribution with respect to, or in exchange or replacement of, the
securities referred to in subsection (i) or which it hereafter obtains the right
to acquire pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement or otherwise, and
(y) General Electric Capital Corporation upon exercise of its option to purchase
Common Stock pursuant to that certain Forebearance Restructuring Agreement dated
on or about the date hereof.

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     3.    The following provision shall be added to the end of Section 2:

                 "The Company hereby agrees to use its best efforts to file a
           Registration Statement for the Common Stock issuable upon conversion
           of the Series B Preferred with the Commission within ninety (90) days
           of the date hereof and to cause such Registration Statement to become
           effective within ninety (90) days of such filing date, to remain
           effective until April 19, 2002. The Company may include in the
           registration under this Section 2: (i) any authorized but unissued
           shares of Common Stock for sale by the Company; (ii) any shares of
           its Common Stock held by employees, consultants, directors or other
           advisers of the Company; and (iii) any shares of its Common Stock
           held by shareholders having the right to require such registration,
           provided that in the event that such offering is underwritten and the
           underwriters advise the Company that a reduction in the number of
           offered shares is necessary to successfully market such offering,
           then the shares of stock offered by the Company and any other selling
           shareholder shall be eliminated before reducing the number of shares
           of Series B Preferred included therein."

     3.    The parties hereto expressly acknowledge and agree that this
Agreement shall be for the benefit of all Holders irrespective of whether they
have executed a counterpart signature page hereto.

     4.    Except as expressly set forth in this Amendment, the Registration
Rights Agreement is ratified and confirmed, shall remain in full force and
effect and shall not be altered, amended or modified.

     5.    This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which taken
together shall constitute one in the same instrument.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment on the
date first written above.

                          TRANSIT GROUP, INC.

                          By:  /s/ Philip A. Belyew
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                               Philip A. Belyew, CEO

                          GE CAPITAL EQUITY INVESTMENTS, INC.

                          By:  /s/ Patrick H. Dowling
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                               Patrick H. Dowling, Managing Director

                         /s/ T. Wayne Davis
                         ----------------------------------------------------
                         T. Wayne Davis

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                          The ECD Trust

                          /s/ T. Wayne Davis
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                          By: T. Wayne Davis, Trustee

                          GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION

                          By:   /s/ Dennis Bickerstaff
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                          Name: Dennis Bickerstaff
                          Title: Managing Director / Senior Risk Manager

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3

                                 AMENDMENT TO
                            STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 19th day of April, 2001 by and among
Transit Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "Company"), those holders of
Series B Preferred Stock, no par value per share, of the Company (the "Series B
Stock") and common stock of the Company set forth on Annex I hereto
(individually, a "Stockholder and collectively, the "Stockholders").

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Stockholders entered into that certain
Stockholders Agreement dated as of May 13, 1999 (the "Stockholders Agreement")
in connection with the sale by the Company of 5,000,000 shares of its Series A
Preferred Stock, no par value per share ("Series A Stock"), to GE Capital Equity
Investments, Inc. (the "Purchaser") pursuant to the terms of that certain Stock
Purchase Agreement by and between the Company and the Purchaser dated May 13,
1999 (the "Series A Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, the Company has issued to General Electric Capital Corporation an
option to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock (the "Option"); and

     WHEREAS, the parties to the Stockholders Agreement desire for certain of
the terms and conditions of the Stockholders Agreement to apply to the Series B
Stock and the common stock underlying the Option, subject to the amendments set
forth herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree to amend the
Stockholders Agreement as follows:

     1.    Upon the consummation of the sale of the Series B Stock to the
Stockholders, the definition of "Convertible Preferred Stock" shall mean the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value, of the Company and the
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value, of the Company.

     2.    Upon the issuance of the Option, the term "Stock" shall be deemed to
include shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Option in
accordance with the terms thereof.

     3.    Except as expressly set forth in this Amendment, the Stockholders
Agreement is ratified and confirmed, shall remain in full force and effect and
shall not be altered, amended or modified.

     4.    This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which taken
together shall constitute one in the same instrument.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment on the
date first written above.

                              TRANSIT GROUP, INC.

                              By: /s/ Philip A. Belyew
                                  -----------------------------------------
                                      Philip A. Belyew, CEO

                              GE CAPITAL EQUITY INVESTMENTS, INC.

                              By: /s/ Patrick H. Dowling
                                  -----------------------------------------
                                      Patrick H. Dowling, Managing Director

                              /s/ T. Wayne Davis
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                              T. WAYNE DAVIS

                              /s/ Philip A. Belyew
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                              PHILIP A. BELYEW

                              GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION

                              By: /s/ Dennis Bickerstaff
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                              Name:   Dennis Bickerstaff
                              Title:  Managing Director / Senior Risk Manager

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