Abstract: A vehicle operated remote control access system for obtaining access to a controlled environment using the headlight system of a vehicle having a high beam operation and a low beam operation. The remote control access system comprises a switching sensor circuit for detecting a sequence of switching from a low beam to a high beam operation or from a high beam to a low beam operation of the vehicle. Two or more of these switching sequences may be employed in the present invention. A timing means is provided with the circuit in order to determine if a switching sequence from a low beam to a high beam operation and then from a high beam operation back to a low beam operation, and possible with a second sequence of back to high beam and then low beam operation, occurred within a predetermined time interval. If the one or more required switching sequence did occur in this time interval, then the remote control system is energized to open a gate or a door.